CVE-2026-126072: Action Pack: Possible DoS vulnerability in Action Controller Live streaming

Published Nov 10, 2026
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Updated

Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Prior to 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2, ActionController::Live::Buffer#close pushes its end-of-stream marker onto the response's bounded queue while it holds the buffer's monitor. When the client has stopped reading and the queue is full, the push blocks, and Buffer#abort, which runs when the client disconnects or a write times out, waits indefinitely for the same monitor. Each such response could permanently hold a web server thread and its ActionController::Live thread, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability through thread exhaustion. Applications that stream responses with ActionController::Live, including sendstream, are affected. Applications that serve large files through Active Storage proxy mode are exposed to unauthenticated clients. This issue is fixed in versions 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Ruby on Rails Action Pack<8.1.4.1, <8.0.5.2

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Action Pack to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.1.4.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade Action Pack to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.0.5.2

Event History

Nov 10, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:44 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:44 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:19 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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