# CVE-2025-59830: Rack QueryParser has an unsafe default allowing params\_limit bypass via semicolon-separated parameters

- Also known as: GHSA-625H-95R8-8XPM
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.18
- Published: 2025-09-25 · Updated: 2025-09-25

## Affected

- rack: fixed in 2.2.18
- rack (RubyGems): fixed in 2.2.18

## Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to version 2.2.18, Rack::QueryParser enforces its params_limit only for parameters separated by &, while still splitting on both & and ;. As a result, attackers could use ; separators to bypass the parameter count limit and submit more parameters than intended. Applications or middleware that directly invoke Rack::QueryParser with its default configuration (no explicit delimiter) could be exposed to increased CPU and memory consumption. This can be abused as a limited denial-of-service vector. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.18.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rack, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.18) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-625h-95r8-8xpm
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/54e4ffdd5affebcb0c015cc6ae74635c0831ed71

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