CVE-2026-47240
Published:June 22, 2026
Updated:June 29, 2026
Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to 0.6.5 and 0.5.15, several Net::IMAP commands accept a "raw data" argument that is sent verbatim after validation to prevent command injection. However, if a server does not support non-synchronizing literals, it may still be possible to inject arbitrary IMAP commands inside non-synchronizing literals. A server without support for non-synchronizing literals may interpret the "+}\r\n" as the end of a malformed command line and respond with a tagged BAD. In that case, the contents of the literal will be interpreted as one or more new pipelined commands, allowing a CRLF command injection attack to succeed. This affects criteria for #search and #uid_search; search_keys for #sort, #thread, #uid_sort, and #uid_thread; and attr for #fetch and #uid_fetch. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.5 and 0.5.15.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/ruby/net-imap.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <0.5.15Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.5.15net-imap (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <0.5.15Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.5.15net-imap (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=0.6.0 <0.6.4.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.6.4.1net-imap (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <0.5.15Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.5.15Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.49