CVE-2026-34835

Rack: `Rack::Request` accepts invalid Host characters, enabling host allowlist bypass.

State
Published
Severity
4.8 Medium
Published
Apr 2, 2026
Updated
Apr 2, 2026
Reserved
Mar 30, 2026

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Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. From versions 3.0.0.beta1 to before 3.1.21, and 3.2.0 to before 3.2.6, Rack::Request parses the Host header using an AUTHORITY regular expression that accepts characters not permitted in RFC-compliant hostnames, including /, ?, #, and @. Because req.host returns the full parsed value, applications that validate hosts using naive prefix or suffix checks can be bypassed. This can lead to host header poisoning in applications that use req.host, req.url, or req.base_url for link generation, redirects, or origin validation. This issue has been patched in versions 3.1.21 and 3.2.6.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1286 Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rackrack
  • >= 3.0.0.beta1, < 3.1.21Affected
  • >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.6Affected

References

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