CVE-2026-25500

Rack's Stored XSS in Rack::Directory via javascript: filenames rendered into anchor href

State
Published
Severity
5.4 Medium
Published
Feb 18, 2026
Updated
Feb 18, 2026
Reserved
Feb 2, 2026

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Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5, `Rack::Directory` generates an HTML directory index where each file entry is rendered as a clickable link. If a file exists on disk whose basename starts with the `javascript:` scheme (e.g. `javascript:alert(1)`), the generated index contains an anchor whose `href` is exactly `javascript:alert(1)`. Clicking the entry executes JavaScript in the browser (demonstrated with `alert(1)`). Versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5 fix the issue.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rackrack
  • < 2.2.22Affected
  • >= 3.0.0.beta1, < 3.1.20Affected
  • >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.5Affected

References

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