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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-34830 EUVD-2026-18390GHSA-qv7j-4883-hwh7

Rack: Rack::Sendfile regex injection via HTTP_X_ACCEL_MAPPING header allows arbitrary file reads through nginx

Published Apr 2, 2026 · Updated Apr 2, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Sendfile#map_accel_path interpolates the value of the X-Accel-Mapping request header directly into a regular expression when rewriting file paths for X-Accel-Redirect. Because the header value is not escaped, an attacker who can supply X-Accel-Mapping to the backend can inject regex metacharacters and control the generated X-Accel-Redirect response header. In deployments using Rack::Sendfile with x-accel-redirect, this can allow an attacker to cause nginx to serve unintended files from configured internal locations. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rack rack < 2.2.23, >= 3.0.0.beta1, < 3.1.21, >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.6 —

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 ruby-rack 3.2.6-2 —
Debian 13 ruby-rack 3.1.20-0+deb13u2 —
Debian 12 ruby-rack 2.2.22-0+deb12u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ruby-rack 3.2.4-1ubuntu1.1 USN-8989-1
Ubuntu 25.10 ruby-rack 3.1.16-0.1ubuntu0.3 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ruby-rack 2.2.7-1ubuntu0.7 —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS ruby-rack 2.1.4-5ubuntu1.2+esm3 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS ruby-rack 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm10 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS ruby-rack 1.6.4-3ubuntu0.2+esm10 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS ruby-rack No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 rmt-server 2.27-150500.3.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2487-1
SLES 15 SP5 rmt-server 2.27-150500.3.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2487-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 rmt-server 3.1.0-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23321-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 rmt-server 2.27-150500.3.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2487-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 rmt-server 2.27-150500.3.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2487-1
SLES 16.0 rmt-server 3.1.0-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23321-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 rmt-server 2.27-150500.3.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2487-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed rubygem-rack-2.2 2.2.23-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10508-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 rmt-server 3.1.0-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21640-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling kube-fluentd-operator 1.18.2-r60 —
Wolfi rolling logstash-9.3 +2 9.3.3-r2 —
Wolfi rolling ruby3.2-rack-2.2 +2 2.2.23-r0 —
Wolfi rolling ruby3.3-rack-2.2 2.2.22-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems rack < 2.2.23 2.2.23 GHSA-qv7j-4883-hwh7
RubyGems rack >= 3.0.0.beta1, < 3.1.21 3.1.21 GHSA-qv7j-4883-hwh7
RubyGems rack >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.6 3.2.6 GHSA-qv7j-4883-hwh7

Advisories 6

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