CVE-2022-44571

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRack

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

There is a denial of service vulnerability in the Content-Disposition parsingcomponent of Rack fixed in 2.0.9.2, 2.1.4.2, 2.2.4.1, 3.0.0.1. This could allow an attacker to craft an input that can cause Content-Disposition header parsing in Rackto take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a denial ofservice attack vector. This header is used typically used in multipartparsing. Any applications that parse multipart posts using Rack (virtuallyall Rails applications) are impacted.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Rack· Rackrubygems
95%
2.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.9.22.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.4.22.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.6.13.0.0.0 ≤ v < 3.0.4.12.0.9.22.1.4.22.2.4.13.0.0.1
Affected range stops below 2.0.9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.1.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.2.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-1333

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