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Nokogiri: Possible Use-After-Free when setting `Document#root=` to an invalid node type

sparklemotion nokogiri · CVE-2026-57436
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What is it?

Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Prior to 1.19.4, Nokogiri::XML::Document#root= validated only that the new root was a Nokogiri::XML::Node, allowing a DTD node to be set as the document root. The result is a heap use-after-free during garbage collection or finalization, leading to an invalid memory read or potentially a segfault. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.19.4.

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CVSS
1.7
EPSS
0.4%
First seen
2 d ago
Status
corroborated

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