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Red Hat CVE-2026-33210

HIGH
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String (CWE-134)
2026-03-19 https://github.com/ruby/json GHSA-3m6g-2423-7cp3
8.3
CVSS 4.0
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 19, 2026 - 13:00 vuln.today
CVE Published
Mar 19, 2026 - 12:45 nvd
HIGH 8.3

DescriptionNVD

Impact

A format string injection vulnerability than that lead to denial of service attacks or information disclosure, when the allow_duplicate_key: false parsing option is used to parse user supplied documents.

This option isn't the default, if you didn't opt-in to use it, you are not impacted.

Patches

Patched in 2.19.2.

Workarounds

The issue can be avoided by not using the allow_duplicate_key: false parsing option.

AnalysisAI

A format string injection vulnerability exists in the Ruby JSON gem that can lead to denial of service attacks or information disclosure when parsing user-supplied documents with the non-default 'allow_duplicate_key: false' parsing option enabled. The vulnerability affects users of the pkg:rubygems/json package who have explicitly opted into using this specific parsing configuration. …

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RemediationAI

Within 24 hours: Identify all Ruby applications using the json gem with 'allow_duplicate_key: false' option enabled through code review and dependency scanning. Within 7 days: Implement compensating controls such as input validation, disabling the vulnerable parsing option if not business-critical, or isolating affected systems from untrusted input sources. …

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