CVE-2026-57438: Nokogiri: Possible Use-After-Free in XInclude Processing
CSIRTS triage
- What
- This vulnerability may lead to a use-after-free condition during XInclude processing.
- Who is affected
- Deployments using Nokogiri are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to a severity rating of 6.6.
- Action
- Update to the patched version of Nokogiri.
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Details
Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57438
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-574380.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-57438 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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