CVE-2026-331766.6MediumCWE-770

CVE-2026-33176: Rails Active Support has a possible DoS vulnerability in its number helpers

rails · activesupport

Affected: rails activesupport · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

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0.9%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

59th percentile

050100

Higher than 59% of scored CVEs

6.6MediumCVSS 4.0

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. `1e10000`), which `BigDecimal` expands into extremely large decimal representations. This can cause excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption when the expanded number is formatted, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

rails · activesupport>= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1; >= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1; < 7.2.3.1

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Allocation Without Limits · Denial of Service
Vendor: rails
Published: March 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), March 2026

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