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CVE-2026-57236: sparklemotion nokogiri · Use After Free

Affects sparklemotion nokogiriSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 1.7 Low : upgrade to 1.19.4 when convenient.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
1.7Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 37% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.19.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 25 Jun 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 7 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade sparklemotion nokogiri to 1.19.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
sparklemotionnokogiriAffected
  • <1.19.4
Fixed in
  • 1.19.4
RubyGemsnokogiripkg:gem/nokogiriOther threatsAffected
  • <1.19.4
Fixed in
  • 1.19.4

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Nokogiri to version 1.19.4 or later, where this use-after-free vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated or required.

Description

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.

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