CVE-2025-25186: Possible DoS by memory exhaustion in net-imap

CVE-2025-25186 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-02-10

Possible DoS by memory exhaustion in net-imap

Technologies: net-imap (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-25186 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-25186 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-25186?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 10 February 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
net-imap (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.3.2,fixed=0.3.8.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-25186?
Yes. net-imap (RubyGems): upgrade to 0.3.8 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-25186?
Check whether you run net-imap (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • net-imap (RubyGems): upgrade to 0.3.8 or later
    bundle update net-imap

Affected products

  • net-imap (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.3.2,fixed=0.3.8

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-25186
  • GHSA-7fc5-f82f-cx69

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