CVE-2026-34831CWE-130CWE-135

Rack: Content-Length mismatch in Rack::Files error responses

Medium · published April 2, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Files#fail sets the Content-Length response header using String#size instead of String#bytesize. When the response body contains multibyte UTF-8 characters, the declared Content-Length is smaller than the number of bytes actually sent on the wire. Because Rack::Files reflects the requested path in 404 responses, an attacker can trigger this mismatch by requesting a non-existent path containing percent-encoded UTF-8 characters. This results in incorrect HTTP response framing and may cause response desynchronization in deployments that rely on the incorrect Content-Length value. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00147 · 4.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-130 · Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency; CWE-135 · Incorrect Calculation of Multi-Byte String Length
Published
2026-04-02T16:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 APR 16:43Z
    Rack: Content-Length mismatch in Rack::Files error responses
    cvelistv5