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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-41493

YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool.

Published May 8, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · YARD is a Ruby

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-41493. EPSS is 0.52%. Act only if a listed version of YARD is a Ruby is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (YARD is a Ruby).
  • 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
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.52%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe yardoc/yard

YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. Prior to version 0.9.42, a path traversal vulnerability was discovered in YARD when using yard server to serve documentation. This bug would allow unsanitized HTTP requests to access arbitrary files on the machine of a yard server host under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.42.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe yardoc/yardversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-41493

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-2026-41493. EPSS is 0.52%. Act only if a listed version of YARD is a Ruby 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-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 0.52%. 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. May 8, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. Prior to version 0.9.42, a path traversal vulnerability was discovered in YARD when using yard server to serve documentation. This bug would allow unsanitized HTTP requests to access arbitrary files on the machine of a yard server host under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.42.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. Prior to version 0.9.42, a path traversal vulnerability was discovered in YARD when using yard server to serve documentation. This bug would allow unsanitized HTTP requests to access arbitrary files on the machine of a yard server host under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.42.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41493

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-41493

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41493

    YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. Prior to version 0.9.42, a path traversal vulnerability was discovered in YARD when using yard server to serve documentation. This bug would allow unsanitized HTTP requests to access arbitrary files on the machine of a yard server host under cer

    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.