Medium severity · published Jun 22, 2026
CVE-2026-47240
Net::IMAP: Command Injection via non-synchronizing literal in "raw" argument
5.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to 0.6.5 and 0.5.15, several Net::IMAP commands accept a "raw data" argument that is sent verbatim after validation to prevent command injection. However, if a server does not support non-synchronizing literals, it may still be possible to inject arbitrary IMAP commands inside non-synchronizing literals. A server without support for non-synchronizing literals may interpret the "+}\r\n" as the end of a malformed command line and respond with a tagged BAD. In that case, the contents of the literal will be interpreted as one or more new pipelined commands, allowing a CRLF command injection attack to succeed. This affects criteria for #search and #uid_search; search_keys for #sort, #thread, #uid_sort, and #uid_thread; and attr for #fetch and #uid_fetch. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.5 and 0.5.15.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
net-imap · ruby
>= 0.6.0, < 0.6.4.1; < 0.5.15 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47240
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47240
github.com
https://github.com/ruby/net-imap/security/advisories/GHSA-8p34-64r3-mwg8
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