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TI-2026-66877 Aliases GHSA-p67v-3w7g-wjg7

Nokogiri: Possible Use-After-Free when directly using `NokogirI::XML::XPathContext` beyond document lifetime

Priority LOW 38CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

### Summary `Nokogiri::XML::XPathContext` did not keep its source document alive for garbage collection. If an `XPathContext` outlived its document and the document was collected, evaluating an XPath expression could read invalid memory and potentially segfault. This is only reachable when application code constructs an `XPathContext` directly and lets the document become unreachable while continuing to use the context. The normal `Document#xpath`, `#css`, and related search methods are not affected, and it is not triggerable by malicious document input. Nokogiri 1.19.4 makes `XPathContext` keep its source document alive for as long as the context exists. Only the CRuby implementation is affected. JRuby is not affected. ### Severity The Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as low severity. Reaching it requires an unusual API-usage pattern that does not arise during normal use. The application must construct an `XML::XPathContext` directly and continue using it after allowing its source document to be garbage-collected. Nokogiri 1.19.4 makes this pattern safe with no change to the public API. The context now keeps its source document alive for as long as it exists. ### Mitigation Upgrade to Nokogiri 1.19.4 or later. As a workaround, ensure the source document remains referenced for as long as any `XPathContext` created from it is in use. The standard `Document#xpath`, `#css`, and related search methods already do this and are unaffected. ### Credit This issue was responsibly reported by Zheng Yu from depthfirst.com.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed nokogiri (RubyGems): 1.19.4

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—nokogiri (RubyGems)before 1.19.41.19.4Patch availableGHSA-p67v-3w7g-wjg7
  • nokogiri (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 1.19.4 Fixed in 1.19.4 Patch available GHSA-p67v-3w7g-wjg7

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-p67v-3w7g-wjg7 nokogiri (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.19.4 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-p67v-3w7g-wjg7

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