Description
Nokogiri before 1.18.4 bundles a vulnerable version of libxslt (prior to 1.1.43) that contains two use-after-free vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-24855 (use-after-free of the XPath context node due to xsltEvalXPathStringNs leaking xpathCtxt->node) and CVE-2024-55549 (use-after-free related to excluded result prefixes/namespaces). Processing crafted XSLT can trigger memory corruption. Nokogiri 1.18.4 upgrades the bundled libxslt to 1.1.43 to resolve these issues.
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Nokogiri before 1.18.4 bundles a vulnerable version of libxslt (prior to 1.1.43) that contains two use-after-free vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-24855 (use-after-free of the XPath context node due to xsltEvalXPathStringNs leaking xpathCtxt->node) and CVE-2024-55549 (use-after-free related to excluded result prefixes/namespaces). Processing crafted XSLT can trigger memory corruption. Nokogiri 1.18.4 upgrades the bundled libxslt to 1.1.43 to resolve these issues.
Title Nokogiri before 1.18.4 Use-After-Free via libxslt
First Time appeared Nokogiri
Nokogiri nokogiri
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nokogiri
Nokogiri nokogiri
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Nokogiri Nokogiri
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-26T16:11:20.785Z

Reserved: 2026-07-18T12:38:41.077Z

Link: CVE-2025-71406

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-26T15:58:49.539Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-25T16:16:45.497

Modified: 2026-08-28T18:57:33.243

Link: CVE-2025-71406

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-25T15:15:58Z

Links: CVE-2025-71406 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T19:00:11Z

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