Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. `NumberToDelimitedConverter` uses a lookahead-based regular expression with `gsub!` to insert thousands delimiters. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, the interaction between the repeated lookahead group and `gsub!` can produce quadratic time complexity on long digit strings. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cg4j-q9v8-6v38 Rails Active Support has a possible ReDoS vulnerability in number_to_delimited
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Rails
Rails activesupport
Vendors & Products Rails
Rails activesupport

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Description Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. `NumberToDelimitedConverter` uses a lookahead-based regular expression with `gsub!` to insert thousands delimiters. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, the interaction between the repeated lookahead group and `gsub!` can produce quadratic time complexity on long digit strings. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
Title Rails Active Support has a possible ReDoS vulnerability in number_to_delimited
Weaknesses CWE-1333
CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-23T23:19:24.387Z

Reserved: 2026-03-17T21:17:08.888Z

Link: CVE-2026-33169

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-24T00:16:28.113

Modified: 2026-03-24T00:16:28.113

Link: CVE-2026-33169

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-03-23T23:07:07Z

Links: CVE-2026-33169 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T10:30:00Z

Weaknesses