CVE-2022-44572

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.62% (76th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
16 products
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Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A denial of service vulnerability in the multipart parsing component of Rack fixed in 2.0.9.2, 2.1.4.2, 2.2.4.1 and 3.0.0.1 could allow an attacker tocraft input that can cause RFC2183 multipart boundary parsing in Rack to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a denial of service attack vector. Any applications that parse multipart posts using Rack (virtually all Rails applications) are impacted.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-0:2.2.22-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-0:2.2.22-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-0:2.2.22-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-0:2.2.22-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-0:3.1.18-1.3.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-0:3.1.18-1.3.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-0:3.1.18-1.3.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-0:3.1.18-1.3.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · SUSE Product Security
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1333USprimaryCWE-1333USCWE-400USCWE-400USCWE-400US
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affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • openSUSE-SU-2026:10286-1ruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-2.2.22-1.1 on GA media2026-03-04csaf · suse_csafDE

    ruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-2.2.22-1.1 on GA media

  • openSUSE-SU-2026:10358-1ruby4.0-rubygem-rack-3.1.18-1.3 on GA media2026-03-13csaf · suse_csafDE

    ruby4.0-rubygem-rack-3.1.18-1.3 on GA media

  • GHSA-rqv2-275x-2jq5Denial of service via multipart parsing in Rack2023-01-18ghsa · osvUS

    There is a denial of service vulnerability in the multipart parsing component of Rack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2022-44572. Versions Affected: >= 2.0.0 Not affected: None. Fixed Versions: 2.0.9.2, 2.1.4.2, 2.2.6.1, 3.0.0.1 Impact Carefully crafted input can cause RFC2183 multipart boundary parsing in Rack to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a denial of service attack vector. Any applications that parse multipart posts using Rack (virtually all Rails applications) are impacted. Releases The fixed releases are available at the normal locations. Workarounds There are no feasible workarounds for this issue. Patches To aid users who aren’t able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset. 2-0-Forbid-control-characters-in-attributes.patch - Patch for 2.0 series 2-1-Forbid-control-characters-in-attributes.patch - Patch for 2.1 series 2-2-Forbid-control-characters-in-attributes.patch - Patch for 2.2 series 3-0-Forbid-control-characters-in-attributes.patch - Patch for 3.0 series

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdosvsuse_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-02-09modified 2026-08-04
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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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