Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update
This Red Hat security advisory addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby and related components, including a denial of service in the resolv gem (CVE-2025-24294), a denial of service in REXML (CVE-2025-58767), and an arbitrary file write issue via crafted symlinks in Git LFS (CVE-2025-26625). The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. The advisory applies to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support and related builder products. A security update is available to remediate these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The advisory covers three vulnerabilities affecting Ruby and its components: CVE-2025-24294 is a denial of service vulnerability in the resolv gem; CVE-2025-58767 is a denial of service vulnerability in REXML; and CVE-2025-26625 allows Git LFS to write to arbitrary files via crafted symlinks. These issues have been addressed in updated Ruby packages provided by Red Hat for their Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support and related CodeReady Linux Builder products. The advisory does not provide CVSS scores but rates the overall impact as moderate.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to denial of service conditions in Ruby components (resolv gem and REXML) and arbitrary file writes via Git LFS symlink manipulation. This could disrupt normal application or system operations and potentially allow unauthorized file modifications. The advisory rates the impact as moderate.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Ruby packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support and related products should apply the provided security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23927. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update
Description
This Red Hat security advisory addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby and related components, including a denial of service in the resolv gem (CVE-2025-24294), a denial of service in REXML (CVE-2025-58767), and an arbitrary file write issue via crafted symlinks in Git LFS (CVE-2025-26625). The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. The advisory applies to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support and related builder products. A security update is available to remediate these issues.
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Technical Analysis
The advisory covers three vulnerabilities affecting Ruby and its components: CVE-2025-24294 is a denial of service vulnerability in the resolv gem; CVE-2025-58767 is a denial of service vulnerability in REXML; and CVE-2025-26625 allows Git LFS to write to arbitrary files via crafted symlinks. These issues have been addressed in updated Ruby packages provided by Red Hat for their Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support and related CodeReady Linux Builder products. The advisory does not provide CVSS scores but rates the overall impact as moderate.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to denial of service conditions in Ruby components (resolv gem and REXML) and arbitrary file writes via Git LFS symlink manipulation. This could disrupt normal application or system operations and potentially allow unauthorized file modifications. The advisory rates the impact as moderate.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Ruby packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support and related products should apply the provided security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23927. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:23927
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-26625","CVE-2025-58767"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1d74853345fc1827a9e
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:03 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:17:18 UTC
Last updated: 06/27/2026, 21:51:10 UTC
Views: 2
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