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CVE-2021-22902

score
<0.1
cvss
7.5
epss
2.9%
published
2021-06-11
kev added
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first seen

Actionpack Ruby gem before 6.0.3.7 and 6.1.3.2 contains a denial of service caused by catastrophic backtracking in the Mime type parser of Action Dispatch, letting attackers cause service disruption, exploit requires crafted Accept headers.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2021-06-11 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxT2026-10-21 — Public PoCXscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 2.8%2026-09-23: epss 2.8%2026-09-24: epss 2.8%2026-09-25: epss 2.8%2026-09-26: epss 2.8%2026-09-27: epss 2.8%2026-09-28: epss 2.8%2026-09-29: epss 2.8%2026-09-30: epss 2.8%2026-10-01: epss 2.8%2026-10-02: epss 2.8%2026-10-03: epss 2.8%2026-10-04: epss 2.8%2026-10-05: epss 2.8%2026-10-06: epss 2.8%2026-10-07: epss 2.8%2026-10-08: epss 2.8%2026-10-09: epss 2.8%2026-10-10: epss 2.8%2026-10-11: epss 2.8%2026-10-12: epss 2.8%2026-10-13: epss 2.8%2026-10-14: epss 2.8%2026-10-15: epss 2.8%2026-10-16: epss 2.8%2026-10-18: epss 2.9%2026-10-19: epss 2.9%2026-10-20: epss 2.9%2026-10-21: epss 2.9%2.9%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx
  3. Public PoC

Exploit availability

Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.

Weaknesses

CWE-400 NVD-CWE-noinfo

References 2