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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-33176

Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework.

Published Mar 24, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Active Support is a

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-33176. EPSS is 0.84%. Act only if a listed version of Active Support is a is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Active Support is a).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.84%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe rubyonrails/rails

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. ), which 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.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe rubyonrails/railsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-33176

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-33176. EPSS is 0.84%. Act only if a listed version of Active Support is a is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption; CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. EPSS 0.84%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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. ), which expands into extremely large decimal representations. This can cause excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption when the expanded number is forma

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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. ), which expands into extremely large decimal representations. This can cause excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption when the expanded number is forma

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33176

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-33176

    30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33176

    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. ), which expands

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.