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Addressable path traversal via URI normalization

CVE-2026-126354GHSA-8GMH-2HHJ-2HV9

4.8MediumCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 2.9.1
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.9.1.

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Last modified
Reference
Last checked
0.29% · 22nd percentile
32/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Addressable, a Ruby URI library, can resolve some URL paths with repeated parent segments (like "../") to a different path than a standard RFC 3986 resolver does. An attacker can exploit this remotely, without logging in, against applications that authorize the Addressable-normalized path but send the original URI to another resolver, potentially gaining access outside the intended path allowlist.

Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.

Read the original description

Addressable is an alternative implementation to the URI implementation that is part of Ruby's standard library. From 2.2.5 until 2.9.1, Addressable::URI.normalize_path can resolve a path containing leading parent segments and later parent segments to a different path than an RFC 3986 resolver. URI#normalize, URI#join, URI#==, and URI#=== inherit the result. An application that authorizes the Addressable-normalized path but sends the original URI to another resolver can allow access outside the intended path allowlist. Applications that use the same normalized value for authorization and the request, or reject parent segments, are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.1.

cve.now Index

32Pcve.now Index 32 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
  • Reach10/20Affects RubyGems packages
  • Severity4.8/10CVSS 4.8
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 77 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 72 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 37 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.9.1.

Check your systems with an agent

Paste this into a coding or ops agent. It checks your systems read-only and reports a table per asset.

Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-126354 (Addressable URI normalization resolves some dotted path segments to the wrong path), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-126354 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- sporkmonger addressable: from 2.2.5, fixed in 2.9.1
- RubyGems package addressable: from 2.2.5, fixed in 2.9.1
Fixed versions: 2.9.1.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-126354 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-126354 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Packages (RubyGems): find every lockfile in each project and run the stack.check operation of the cve.now MCP server (execute) on each one. Compare the resolved versions, not the ranges a manifest declares, with the affected versions above. Include transitive dependencies.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/security/advisories/GHSA-8gmh-2hhj-2hv9
- https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/commit/25c7c412a2f7e06c3cac92872e831f6d053703c5
- https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/releases/tag/addressable-2.9.1
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-126354
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Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • sporkmonger addressable

    From 2.2.5 · fixed in 2.9.1

  • addressableRubyGems

    From 2.2.5 · fixed in 2.9.1

Evidence 5

Vendor advisory · 1

Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.

  1. Advisory

CVE record · 2

Establishes: The identifier and description.

  1. Record
  2. Record

Other links · 2

  1. Repository
  2. Repository

Corrections

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Questions about CVE-2026-126354

Is CVE-2026-126354 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-126354?

addressable: from 2.2.5 before 2.9.1. addressable (RubyGems): from 2.2.5 before 2.9.1.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix CVE-2026-126354?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.9.1.Source: cve.now feed data