CVE-2026-42258
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
5.8
VIR risk
9.8
Description
net-imap vulnerable to command Injection via unvalidated Symbol inputs
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | โ |
| sid | Affected | โ |
| forky | Affected | โ |
| bullseye | Affected | โ |
| bookworm | Affected | โ |
Windows Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Package impact
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby-lang | net\ | {"endExcluding":"0.4.24"} | 0.4.24 |
References
- https://github.com/ruby/net-imap/security/advisories/GHSA-75xq-5h9v-w6px
- https://github.com/ruby/net-imap/releases/tag/v0.4.24
- https://github.com/ruby/net-imap/releases/tag/v0.5.14
- https://github.com/ruby/net-imap/releases/tag/v0.6.4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42258
- https://github.com/ruby/net-imap/commit/6bf02aef7e0b5931010c36e377f79a71636b306b
- https://github.com/ruby/net-imap/commit/9db3e9d60bfb8f3735ea95015bf8a700f4af9cbb
- https://github.com/ruby/net-imap/commit/aec06996eb87a7e1bbcef1f9f8926e8add2b8c71
- https://github.com/ruby/net-imap
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/net-imap/CVE-2026-42258.yml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42258
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-75xq-5h9v-w6px
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42258
CWEs
CWE-77 CWE-93
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.