# CVE-2026-26962: Rack: Header injection in multipart requests

- Also known as: GHSA-RX22-G9MX-QRHV
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.6
- Published: 2026-04-02 · Updated: 2026-04-03

## Affected

- rack: from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.6
- rack (RubyGems): from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.6

## Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. From version 3.2.0 to before version 3.2.6, Rack::Multipart::Parser unfolds folded multipart part headers incorrectly. When a multipart header contains an obs-fold sequence, Rack preserves the embedded CRLF in parsed parameter values such as filename or name instead of removing the folded line break during unfolding. As a result, applications that later reuse those parsed values in HTTP response headers may be vulnerable to downstream header injection or response splitting. This issue has been patched in version 3.2.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rack, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-rx22-g9mx-qrhv

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