It was discovered that the Net::IMAP client in Ruby did not properly sanitize Symbol arguments passed to IMAP commands. A remote attacker controlling a malicious IMAP server, or able to influence command arguments, could use this to inject arbitrary IMAP commands via CRLF sequences. ( CVE-2026-42258 ) It was discovered that the Zlib::GzipReader in Ruby did not correctly ensure sufficient buffer capacity in the zstream_buffer_ungets function. An attacker could use this to craft a gzip stream that, when processed, could cause a buffer overflow, resulting in memory corruption and possibly arbitrary code execution. ( CVE-2026-27820 )
It was discovered that the Net::IMAP client in Ruby did not properly sanitize Symbol arguments passed to IMAP commands. A remote attacker controlling a malicious IMAP server, or able to influence command arguments, could use this to inject arbitrary IMAP commands via CRLF sequences. ( CVE-2026-42258 )
It was discovered that the Zlib::GzipReader in Ruby did not correctly ensure sufficient buffer capacity in the zstream_buffer_ungets function. An attacker could use this to craft a gzip stream that, when processed, could cause a buffer overflow, resulting in memory corruption and possibly arbitrary code execution. ( CVE-2026-27820 )
It was discovered that the Net::IMAP client in Ruby did not properly sanitize Symbol arguments passed to IMAP commands. A remote attacker controlling a malicious IMAP server, or able to influence command arguments, could use this to inject arbitrary IMAP commands via CRLF sequences. ( CVE-2026-42258 ) It was discovered that the Zlib::GzipReader in Ruby did not correctly ensure sufficient buffer capacity in the zstream_buffer_ungets function. An attacker could use this to craft a gzip stream that, when processed, could cause a buffer overflow, resulting in memory corruption and possibly arbitrary code execution. ( CVE-2026-27820 )
It was discovered that the Net::IMAP client in Ruby did not properly sanitize Symbol arguments passed to IMAP commands. A remote attacker controlling a malicious IMAP server, or able to influence command arguments, could use this to inject arbitrary IMAP commands via CRLF sequences. ( CVE-2026-42258 )
It was discovered that the Zlib::GzipReader in Ruby did not correctly ensure sufficient buffer capacity in the zstream_buffer_ungets function. An attacker could use this to craft a gzip stream that, when processed, could cause a buffer overflow, resulting in memory corruption and possibly arbitrary code execution. ( CVE-2026-27820 )
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