CVE-2026-54905

concurrent-ruby: `ReentrantReadWriteLock` read-count overflow grants a write lock without exclusivity

Published Jun 24, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 2 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
concurrent-ruby is a modern concurrency tools for Ruby. Prior to 1.3.7, Concurrent::ReentrantReadWriteLock can incorrectly grant a write lock after one thread acquires the read lock 32,768 times. The lock stores a thread's local read and write hold counts in one integer. The low 15 bits are used for the read hold count, and bit 15 is used as WRITE_LOCK_HELD. After 32,768 reentrant read acquisitions, the local read count crosses into the write-lock bit. try_write_lock then treats the thread as already holding a write lock and returns true without setting the global RUNNING_WRITER bit. This breaks the core mutual-exclusion guarantee: the caller is told it has a write lock, but other threads can still hold or acquire read locks at the same time. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.7.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wv3x-4vxv-whpp Concurrent Ruby: `ReentrantReadWriteLock` read-count overflow grants a write lock without exclusivity
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-190
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

threat_severity

Low

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ruby-concurrency
Ruby-concurrency concurrent-ruby
Vendors & Products Ruby-concurrency
Ruby-concurrency concurrent-ruby
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description concurrent-ruby is a modern concurrency tools for Ruby. Prior to 1.3.7, Concurrent::ReentrantReadWriteLock can incorrectly grant a write lock after one thread acquires the read lock 32,768 times. The lock stores a thread's local read and write hold counts in one integer. The low 15 bits are used for the read hold count, and bit 15 is used as WRITE_LOCK_HELD. After 32,768 reentrant read acquisitions, the local read count crosses into the write-lock bit. try_write_lock then treats the thread as already holding a write lock and returns true without setting the global RUNNING_WRITER bit. This breaks the core mutual-exclusion guarantee: the caller is told it has a write lock, but other threads can still hold or acquire read locks at the same time. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.7.
Title concurrent-ruby: `ReentrantReadWriteLock` read-count overflow grants a write lock without exclusivity
Weaknesses CWE-128
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 24, 2026, 4:41 PM
Reserved
Jun 16, 2026, 1:49 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 24, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 10:10 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 24, 2026, 3:42 PM