Description
concurrent-ruby is a modern concurrency tools for Ruby. Prior to 1.3.7, Concurrent::ReentrantReadWriteLock can incorrectly grant a write lock after one thread acquires the read lock 32,768 times. The lock stores a thread's local read and write hold counts in one integer. The low 15 bits are used for the read hold count, and bit 15 is used as WRITE_LOCK_HELD. After 32,768 reentrant read acquisitions, the local read count crosses into the write-lock bit. try_write_lock then treats the thread as already holding a write lock and returns true without setting the global RUNNING_WRITER bit. This breaks the core mutual-exclusion guarantee: the caller is told it has a write lock, but other threads can still hold or acquire read locks at the same time. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.7.
Published: 2026-06-24
Score: 2 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wv3x-4vxv-whpp Concurrent Ruby: `ReentrantReadWriteLock` read-count overflow grants a write lock without exclusivity
History

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-190
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

threat_severity

Low


Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Ruby-concurrency
Ruby-concurrency concurrent-ruby
Vendors & Products Ruby-concurrency
Ruby-concurrency concurrent-ruby

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description concurrent-ruby is a modern concurrency tools for Ruby. Prior to 1.3.7, Concurrent::ReentrantReadWriteLock can incorrectly grant a write lock after one thread acquires the read lock 32,768 times. The lock stores a thread's local read and write hold counts in one integer. The low 15 bits are used for the read hold count, and bit 15 is used as WRITE_LOCK_HELD. After 32,768 reentrant read acquisitions, the local read count crosses into the write-lock bit. try_write_lock then treats the thread as already holding a write lock and returns true without setting the global RUNNING_WRITER bit. This breaks the core mutual-exclusion guarantee: the caller is told it has a write lock, but other threads can still hold or acquire read locks at the same time. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.7.
Title concurrent-ruby: `ReentrantReadWriteLock` read-count overflow grants a write lock without exclusivity
Weaknesses CWE-128
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Ruby-concurrency Concurrent-ruby
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-24T16:41:34.224Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T13:49:33.556Z

Link: CVE-2026-54905

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Updated: 2026-06-24T16:39:54.356Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-06-24T15:42:44Z

Links: CVE-2026-54905 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-06-27T03:00:12Z

Weaknesses