CVE-2025-61770

High

Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. In versions prior to 2.2.19, 3.1.17, and 3.2.2, `Rack::Multipart::Parser` buffers the entire multipart preamble (bytes before the first boundary) in memory without any size limit. A client can send a large preamble followed by a valid boundary, causing significant memory use and potential process termination due to out-of-memory (OOM) conditions. Remote attackers can trigger large transient memory spikes by including a long preamble in multipart/form-data requests. The impact scales with allowed request sizes and concurrency, potentially causing worker crashes or severe slowdown due to garbage collection. Versions 2.2.19, 3.1.17, and 3.2.2 enforce a preamble size limit (e.g., 16 KiB) or discard preamble data entirely. Workarounds include limiting total request body size at the proxy or web server level and monitoring memory and set per-process limits to prevent OOM conditions.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductRack
PublishedOct 7, 2025
First seenOct 7, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • rack rack2.2.19, 3.1.17, 3.2.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rack rackv < 2.2.19, 3.1.0 ≤ v < 3.1.17, 3.2.0 ≤ v < 3.2.22.2.19, 3.1.17, 3.2.2

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