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TI-2025-23512 Aliases CVE-2025-32441GHSA-vpfw-47h7-xj4g

Rack session gets restored after deletion

Priority LOW 19CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-613.

Summary

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to version 2.2.14, when using the `Rack::Session::Pool` middleware, simultaneous rack requests can restore a deleted rack session, which allows the unauthenticated user to occupy that session. Rack session middleware prepares the session at the beginning of request, then saves is back to the store with possible changes applied by host rack application. This way the session becomes to be a subject of race conditions in general sense over concurrent rack requests. When using the `Rack::Session::Pool` middleware, and provided the attacker can acquire a session cookie (already a major issue), the session may be restored if the attacker can trigger a long running request (within that same session) adjacent to the user logging out, in order to retain illicit access even after a user has attempted to logout. Version 2.2.14 contains a patch for the issue. Some other mitigations are available. Either ensure the application invalidates sessions atomically by marking them as logged out e.g., using a `logged_out` flag, instead of deleting them, and check this flag on every request to prevent reuse; or implement a custom session store that tracks session invalidation timestamps and refuses to accept session data if the session was invalidated after the request began.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00284 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial rack (rack): 2.2.14rack (RubyGems): 2.2.14Red Hat: 6 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rackrackbefore 2.2.142.2.14Patch availableCNA
—rack (RubyGems)before 2.2.142.2.14Patch availableGHSA-vpfw-47h7-xj4g
  • rack Vendorrack Affected before 2.2.14 Fixed in 2.2.14 Patch available CNA
  • rack (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 2.2.14 Fixed in 2.2.14 Patch available GHSA-vpfw-47h7-xj4g

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rack:rack:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*before 2.2.14Vulnerablerack
  • cpe:2.3:a:rack:rack:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions before 2.2.14 Vulnerable ·rack

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA rack (rack) Fixed in 2.2.14
  • Fix · GHSA-vpfw-47h7-xj4g rack (RubyGems) Fixed in 2.2.14 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShiftAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Satellite 6AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-32441
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vpfw-47h7-xj4g

References

  • TI-2024-16580 Rack ReDos in content type parsing (2nd degree polynomial) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-17236 Possible Denial of Service Vulnerability in Rack Header Parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-17231 Possible DoS Vulnerability with Range Header in Rack CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-12254 Uncontrolled resource consumption in https://github.com/rack/rack CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-38165 Rack's multipart parser buffers unbounded per-part headers, enabling DoS (memory exhaustion) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-38163 Rack's unbounded multipart preamble buffering enables DoS (memory exhaustion) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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