CVE-2026-128068

5.3 MEDIUM Fix listed Denial of service Web app

What it is

rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. From 1.0.3 through 1.7.1, Rails::HTML::PermitScrubber checks SVG href and xlink:href local references with a pattern whose line-start anchor and whitespace class cause an all-whitespace value to be rescanned from each line start. An attacker who supplies HTML can cause quadratic CPU consumption when an application customizes its allowed tags to include an SVG reference element such as use and permits href or xlink:href. The default allowed tag configuration is not affected. CRuby 3.2 and later uses linear-time regular expression matching for this pattern, while CRuby 3.1 and earlier and JRuby are affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.2.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
Fix: A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

2026-11-12 21:24 UTC ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
2026-11-13 18:17 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-11-13 18:17 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: not scored yet.
Severity: 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published: 2026-11-13 18:17 UTC
Last modified: 2026-11-13 18:17 UTC
Weakness: CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Record status: Received

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.3

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record