# CVE-2026-22860: Rack has a Directory Traversal via Rack:Directory

- Also known as: GHSA-MXW3-3HH2-X2MH
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.22, 3.1.20, 3.2.5
- Published: 2026-02-18 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- rack: fixed in 2.2.22; from 3.0.0.beta1, fixed in 3.1.20; from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.5
- rack (RubyGems): fixed in 2.2.22
- rack (RubyGems): from 3.0.0.beta1, fixed in 3.1.20
- rack (RubyGems): from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.5

## Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5, `Rack::Directory`’s path check used a string prefix match on the expanded path. A request like `/../root_example/` can escape the configured root if the target path starts with the root string, allowing directory listing outside the intended root. Versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5 fix the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rack, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.22, 3.1.20, 3.2.5) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [RubyGems packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/rubygems.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-mxw3-3hh2-x2mh
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/75c5745c286637a8f049a33790c71237762069e7

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