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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.0 Medium

CVE-2026-42256

net-imap: Denial of service via high iteration count for `SCRAM-*` authentication

Description

Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. From versions 0.4.0 to before 0.4.24, 0.5.0 to before 0.5.14, and 0.6.0 to before 0.6.4, when authenticating a connection with SCRAM-SHA1 or SCRAM-SHA256, a hostile server can perform a computational denial-of-service attack on the client process by sending a big iteration count value. This issue has been patched in versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

ruby net-imap

  • >= 0.4.0, < 0.4.24affected
  • >= 0.5.0, < 0.5.14affected
  • >= 0.6.0, < 0.6.4affected

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