CVE-2026-34831 — Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in Rack
Severity
4.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Timeline
PublishedApr 2
Latest updateApr 17
Description
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…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 2.5