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Unchecked return value from xmlTextReaderExpandGHSA-qv4q-mr5r-qprj

HIGHFix: sparklemotion/nokogiri@85410e3

GHSA-qv4q-mr5r-qprj is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-252 vulnerability in nokogiri. A fix is available for nokogiri — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2022-23476
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 7, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-qv4q-mr5r-qprj.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.8%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs79th percentile — riskier than 79% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.77%1.55%2.32%0.2%1.8%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
💎nokogiri

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Description

Summary

Nokogiri 1.13.8, 1.13.9 fails to check the return value from xmlTextReaderExpand in the method Nokogiri::XML::Reader#attribute_hash. This can lead to a null pointer exception when invalid markup is being parsed.

For applications using XML::Reader to parse untrusted inputs, this may potentially be a vector for a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Upgrade to Nokogiri >= 1.13.10.

Users may be able to search their code for calls to either XML::Reader#attributes or XML::Reader#attribute_hash to determine if they are affected.

Severity

The Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as High Severity 7.5 (CVSS3.1).

References

Credit

This vulnerability was responsibly reported by @davidwilemski.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
💎RubyGemsnokogiri≥ 1.13.8&&< 1.13.101.13.10bundle update nokogiri --conservative

Affected Products

1 product · 2 configurations
Application
nokogirinokogiri
2 versions
1.13.81.13.9

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for nokogiri, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update nokogiri to 1.13.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-qv4q-mr5r-qprj is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Frequently Asked Questions

## Summary Nokogiri `1.13.8, 1.13.9` fails to check the return value from `xmlTextReaderExpand` in the method `Nokogiri::XML::Reader#attribute_hash`. This can lead to a null pointer exception when invalid markup is being parsed. For applications using `XML::Reader` to parse untrusted inputs, this may potentially be a vector for a denial of service attack. ## Mitigation Upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.13.10`. Users may be able to search their code for calls to either `XML::Reader#attributes` or `XML::Reader#attribute_hash` to determine if they are affected. ## Severity The Nokogiri maintain
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