GHSA-9cv2-cfxc-v4v2
Nokogiri: Null Pointer Dereference calling methods on uninitialized wrapper classes
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-57434
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Description
### Summary Nokogiri contains a bug when calling certain methods on allocated-but-uninitialized native wrapper classes that inherit from `Nokogiri::XML::Node`. This caused a NULL pointer dereference that could crash the process. Nokogiri 1.19.4 checks for missing native data pointers and raises a `RuntimeError`. JRuby is not affected. ### Severity The Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as low severity. This is only triggered by a programming error. It requires application code to call `.allocate` directly on a native-backed class and then invoke methods on the resulting uninitialized object. It cannot be triggered by untrusted input or through normal use of the public API. ### Mitigation Upgrade to Nokogiri 1.19.4 or later. Avoid calling `.allocate` directly on Nokogiri native-backed classes. Use the documented constructors and factory methods instead. ### Credit This issue was responsibly reported by Zheng Yu from depthfirst.com.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · nokogiri | introduced 0, fixed 1.19.4 |
References
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-9cv2-cfxc-v4v2 WEB
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri PACKAGE
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |