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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-126072 EUVD-2026-123002GHSA-rwvh-fw6r-pwvp

Action Pack: Possible DoS vulnerability in Action Controller Live streaming

Published Nov 10, 2026 · Updated Nov 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Prior to 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2, ActionController::Live::Buffer#close pushes its end-of-stream marker onto the response's bounded queue while it holds the buffer's monitor. When the client has stopped reading and the queue is full, the push blocks, and Buffer#abort, which runs when the client disconnects or a write times out, waits indefinitely for the same monitor. Each such response could permanently hold a web server thread and its ActionController::Live thread, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability through thread exhaustion. Applications that stream responses with ActionController::Live, including send_stream, are affected. Applications that serve large files through Active Storage proxy mode are exposed to unauthenticated clients. This issue is fixed in versions 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rails rails >= 8.1, < 8.1.4.1, < 8.0.5.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 rails No fix yet —
Debian 13 rails No fix yet —
Debian 12 rails No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 rails No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS rails No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rails No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS rails No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS rails No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS rails No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS rails No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems actionpack >= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.4.1 8.1.4.1 GHSA-rwvh-fw6r-pwvp
RubyGems actionpack < 8.0.5.2 8.0.5.2 GHSA-rwvh-fw6r-pwvp

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