Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Prior to 1.19.4, calling Document#encoding= with an invalid encoding (e.g., a non-string, or a string containing a null byte) raises an exception, but only after freeing the document's current encoding string without replacing it. The document is left referencing freed memory, so the next call to Document#encoding reads invalid memory, which can cause a segfault or leak freed bytes into a Ruby String. Affects the CRuby (libxml2) implementation only; JRuby is not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.19.4.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-5v8h-3h3q-446p Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 1.7 · nokogiriNVD modified 2026-10-25 23:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
References 1
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-5v8h-3h3q-446p Mitigation, Vendor Advisory