Answer in brief
CVE-2025-25184 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Possible Log Injection in Rack::CommonLogger. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps rack (rubygems), rack (rubygems), rack (rubygems). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps rack (rubygems), rack (rubygems), rack (rubygems). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| rackrubygems | >=0 <2.2.11 | 2.2.11 |
| rackrubygems | >=3.0 <3.0.12 | 3.0.12 |
| rackrubygems | >=3.1 <3.1.10 | 3.1.10 |
Published upstream
Feb 12, 2025
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 7, 2026
## Summary `Rack::CommonLogger` can be exploited by crafting input that includes newline characters to manipulate log entries. The supplied proof-of-concept demonstrates injecting malicious content into logs. ## Details When a user provides the authorization credentials via `Rack::Auth::Basic`, if success, the username will be put in `env['REMOTE_USER']` and later be used by `Rack::CommonLogger` for logging purposes. The issue occurs when a server intentionally or unintentionally allows a user creation with the username contain CRLF and white space characters, or the server just want to log every login attempts. If an attacker enters a username with CRLF character, the logger will log the malicious username with CRLF characters into the logfile. ## Impact Attackers can break log formats or insert fraudulent entries, potentially obscuring real activity or injecting malicious data into log files. ## Mitigation - Update to the latest version of Rack.
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