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CVE-2026-42256

net-imap: Denial of service via high iteration count for `SCRAM-*` authentication PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. From versions 0.4.0 to before 0.4.24, 0.5.0 to before 0.5.14, and 0.6.0 to before 0.6.4, when authenticating a connection with SCRAM-SHA1 or SCRAM-SHA256, a hostile server can perform a computational denial-of-service attack on the client process by sending a big iteration count value. This issue has been patched in versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
ruby / net-imapaffected >= 0.4.0, < 0.4.24; affected >= 0.5.0, < 0.5.14; affected >= 0.6.0, < 0.6.4

CWE

CWE-1322, CWE-770

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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