cve-2025-59830
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-25 14:37
Modified
2025-09-25 16:16
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Rack QueryParser has an unsafe default allowing params_limit bypass via semicolon-separated parameters
References
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