CVE-2025-59830CWE-400CWE-770denial-of-service

CVE-2025-59830

High · published September 25, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to version 2.2.18, Rack::QueryParser enforces its params_limit only for parameters separated by &, while still splitting on both & and ;. As a result, attackers could use ; separators to bypass the parameter count limit and submit more parameters than intended. Applications or middleware that directly invoke Rack::QueryParser with its default configuration (no explicit delimiter) could be exposed to increased CPU and memory consumption. This can be abused as a limited denial-of-service vector. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.18.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00573 · 46.6th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption; CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2025-09-25T19:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
rack/rack< 2.2.182.2.18
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 SEP 14:37Z
    Rack QueryParser has an unsafe default allowing params_limit bypass via semicolon-separated parameters
    cvelistv5