Medium6.5Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Denial of Service via large scientific notation strings
CVE-2026-33176 Published Mar 23, 2026
CVE-2026-33176
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
Denial of Service via large scientific notation strings. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.5). Weakness: CWE-770. Affected package(s): rubygem-activesupport. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:14835 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected versions
- rubygem-activesupport-0:6.1.7.8-2.el8sat
- rubygem-activesupport-0:6.1.7.8-2.el9sat
- rubygem-activesupport-0:7.0.8.7-2.el9sat
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Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:14835
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:14835 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
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