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.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50778 advisory.

    [3.3.12-14]
    - Upgrade to Ruby 3.3.12.
      Resolves: RHEL-211300       Resolves: RHEL-193659

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Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50773 advisory.

    [4.0.6-36]
    - Upgrade to Ruby 4.0.6.
      Resolves: RHEL-211310       Resolves: RHEL-193660

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The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50728 advisory.

    ruby     [3.3.12-8]
    - Upgrade to Ruby 3.3.12.
      Resolves: RHEL-170929       Resolves: RHEL-193664

    rubygem-abrt     rubygem-mysql2     rubygem-pg

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The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50827 advisory.

    ruby     [4.0.6-34]
    - Upgrade to Ruby 4.0.6.
      Resolves: RHEL-211301       Resolves: RHEL-193663

    rubygem-mysql2     [0.5.7-1]
    - Upgrade to mysql2 0.5.7.
      Related: RHEL-142278

    [0.5.5-3]
    - Disable tests on the 32bit platforms ix86.
      Related: RHEL-80222

    [0.5.5-2]
    - Adapt tests to openssl 3.2       Resolves: RHEL-80222

    rubygem-pg     [1.6.3-1]
    - Upgrade to pg 1.6.3       Related: RHEL-142278

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The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50828 advisory.

    ruby     [3.3.12-8]
    - Upgrade to Ruby 3.3.12.
      Resolves: RHEL-171335       Resolves: RHEL-193665

    rubygem-mysql2     [0.5.5-3]
    - Disable tests on the 32bit platforms ix86.
      Related: RHEL-80222

    [0.5.5-2]
    - Adapt tests to openssl 3.2       Resolves: RHEL-80222

    [0.5.5-1]
    - Upgrade to mysql2 0.5.5.
      Related: RHEL-17089

    rubygem-pg     [-1.5.4-2]
    - Fix encoding issue in spec suite.
      Resolves: RHEL-159199

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The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1503:01 advisory.

    * zlib: zlib: Memory corruption via buffer overflow in Zlib::GzipReader (CVE-2026-27820)
      * net-imap: Net::IMAP: Arbitrary IMAP command injection via CRLF sequences in unvalidated input     (CVE-2026-42257)
      * ruby/net-imap: ruby: Net::IMAP: Denial of Service via large iteration count in SCRAM authentication     (CVE-2026-42256)
      * net-imap: Net::IMAP: Command injection via non-synchronizing literals (CVE-2026-47240)
      * net-imap: Net::IMAP: Arbitrary IMAP command injection due to improper input validation     (CVE-2026-47242)
      * net-imap: rubygem-net-imap: Net::IMAP: Denial of Service via malformed command input (CVE-2026-47241)

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The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3090-1 advisory.

    This update for ruby3.4 fixes the following issues

    - CVE-2026-42258: Net:IMAP: Command Injection via Symbol Arguments (bsc#1268011).
    - CVE-2026-47240: Net:IMAP: Command Injection via non-synchronizing literal in 'raw' argument     (bsc#1268337).
    - CVE-2026-47241: Net:IMAP: Denial of Service via incomplete raw argument validation (bsc#1268338).
    - CVE-2026-47242: Net:IMAP: Command Injection via ID and ENABLE command arguments (bsc#1268339).
    - CVE-2025-61594: merging URIs using the + operator could expose sensitive user credentials (bsc#1270034).

    Changes for ruby3.4:

    - Update to 3.4.10:

      - bundling net-imap 0.5.15.

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The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-32d5a3d450 advisory.

    Ruby 4.0.6 is released. This new ruby contains several security fixes in net-snmp.

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The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-7f499e0362 advisory.

    Ruby 4.0.6 is released.

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The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2026-47240)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of the net-imap Ruby library installed on the remote host is prior to 0.5.15, or 0.6.x prior to 0.6.4.1.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - 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. (CVE-2026-47240)

  - Several Net::IMAP commands accept a raw string argument which is only validated to prevent CRLF injection and     then sent verbatim. If this string is derived from user-controlled input, an attacker can force the next command     to be absorbed as a continuation of the first command, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2026-47241)

  - Two Net::IMAP commands, id and enable, do not validate their arguments. Arguments to either command could be     used by an attacker to inject arbitrary IMAP commands. (CVE-2026-47242)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2026-47240)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
335471	Oracle Linux 10 : ruby (ELSA-2026-50778)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
335469	Oracle Linux 10 : ruby4.0 (ELSA-2026-50773)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
334429	Oracle Linux 8 : ruby:3.3 (ELSA-2026-50728)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
334161	Oracle Linux 9 : ruby:4.0 (ELSA-2026-50827)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
334141	Oracle Linux 9 : ruby:3.3 (ELSA-2026-50828)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
333609	MiracleLinux 8 : ruby:3.3 (AXSA:2026-1503:01)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
327730	SUSE SLED15: libruby3_4-3_4 / ruby3.4 / ruby3.4-devel / ruby3.4-devel-extra / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3090-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
327721	Fedora 44 : ruby (2026-32d5a3d450)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
327016	Fedora 45 : ruby (2026-7f499e0362)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
323667	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-47240	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
321503	Ruby net-imap < 0.5.15 / 0.6.x < 0.6.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
442841	SCA: security update for net-imap (GHSA-8p34-64r3-mwg8)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
442841	SCA: security update for net-imap (GHSA-8p34-64r3-mwg8)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium

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