USN-8431-1: ruby2.3 Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-8431-1 is a vulnerability in ruby2.3 Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
Advisory lineage
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- 15-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 30-06-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
ruby2.3, ruby2.5 vulnerabilities It was discovered that Ruby's Net::IMAP library did not properly verify that Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption was started after issuing a STARTTLS command. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack and silently bypass TLS encryption. (CVE-2026-42246) It was also discovered that Ruby's Net::IMAP library did not validate string arguments passed to certain commands. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary IMAP commands. (CVE-2026-42257)
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Public exploits
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Weaknesses
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Affected systems
Ubuntu2 products
- ruby2.3< 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm14
- ruby2.5< 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16+esm8
1 vendor · 2 products