CVE-2026-57438

Nokogiri: Possible Use-After-Free in XInclude Processing

Published Jun 25, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 2.2 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Prior to 1.19.4, XInclude substitution performed by Nokogiri::XML::Node#do_xinclude replaced each <xi:include> in place, freeing the include node along with its children (such as <xi:fallback> and its descendants) and any namespaces declared on them. If an application had already exposed one of those nodes or namespaces to Ruby, the corresponding Ruby object was left pointing at freed memory. Using the object could result in invalid reads or writes to memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.19.4.

Remediation

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

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sparklemotion
Sparklemotion nokogiri
Vendors & Products Sparklemotion
Sparklemotion nokogiri
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Prior to 1.19.4, XInclude substitution performed by Nokogiri::XML::Node#do_xinclude replaced each <xi:include> in place, freeing the include node along with its children (such as <xi:fallback> and its descendants) and any namespaces declared on them. If an application had already exposed one of those nodes or namespaces to Ruby, the corresponding Ruby object was left pointing at freed memory. Using the object could result in invalid reads or writes to memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.19.4.
Title Nokogiri: Possible Use-After-Free in XInclude Processing
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 25, 2026, 4:23 PM
Reserved
Jun 24, 2026, 1:21 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 25, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 10:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 25, 2026, 2:39 PM