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High severity7.5GHSA Advisory· Published May 9, 2026· Updated May 18, 2026

CVE-2026-42245

CVE-2026-42245

Description

Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4, Net::IMAP::ResponseReader has quadratic time complexity when reading large responses containing many string literals. A hostile server can send responses which are crafted to exhaust the client's CPU for a denial of service attack. This issue has been patched in versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
net-imapRubyGems
>= 0.6.0, < 0.6.40.6.4
net-imapRubyGems
>= 0.5.0, < 0.5.140.5.14
net-imapRubyGems
< 0.4.240.4.24

Affected products

61

Patches

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