๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-71407

CRITICAL 9.8

Nokogiri before 1.18.3 Stack Buffer Overflow and Use-After-Free

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Nokogiri before 1.18.3 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in libxml2 when reporting DTD validation errors with long QName prefixes, and a use-after-free vulnerability during validation against untrusted XML Schemas. Attackers can trigger these vulnerabilities by providing malicious DTD content or untrusted XSD files to cause denial of service or potential code execution.

CWE CWE-787
Vendor sparklemotion
Product nokogiri
Published Aug 25, 2026
Last Updated Aug 25, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

sparklemotion / nokogiri
0 < 1.18.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-vvfq-8hwr-qm4m vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nokogiri-before-stack-buffer-overflow-and-use-after-free