Advisory record · GHSA-j3g3-5qv5-52mj

net-imap rubygem vulnerable to possible DoS by memory exhaustion

CVSS 6.0 MediumEPSS 0.0049 · 42nd percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 28 Apr 2025, 14:17 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
net-imapRubyGems>=0.5.0, <0.5.7 || >=0.4.0, <0.4.20 || >=0.3.0, <0.3.9 || <0.2.50.5.7, 0.4.20, 0.3.9, 0.2.5
Identifiers
GHSA-j3g3-5qv5-52mj · CVE-2025-43857
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400 · CWE-405 · CWE-770 · CWE-789
Published
28 Apr 2025
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.0 Medium 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0049, the 42nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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