CVE-2026-47240

Net::IMAP: Command Injection via non-synchronizing literal in "raw" argument

State
Published
Severity
5.8 Medium
Published
Jun 22, 2026
Updated
Jun 23, 2026
Reserved
May 18, 2026

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Description

Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to 0.6.5 and 0.5.15, several Net::IMAP commands accept a "raw data" argument that is sent verbatim after validation to prevent command injection. However, if a server does not support non-synchronizing literals, it may still be possible to inject arbitrary IMAP commands inside non-synchronizing literals. A server without support for non-synchronizing literals may interpret the "+}\r\n" as the end of a malformed command line and respond with a tagged BAD. In that case, the contents of the literal will be interpreted as one or more new pipelined commands, allowing a CRLF command injection attack to succeed. This affects criteria for #search and #uid_search; search_keys for #sort, #thread, #uid_sort, and #uid_thread; and attr for #fetch and #uid_fetch. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.5 and 0.5.15.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.05.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
  • CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
net-imapruby
  • >= 0.6.0, < 0.6.4.1Affected
  • < 0.5.15Affected

References

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