Calendar-data injection via unescaped URI control bytes
Published Mar 26, 2026 · Updated Mar 26, 2026
ICS injection in the icalendar Ruby library 2.0.0 through 2.12.1 allows remote attackers to add arbitrary calendar lines through crafted URI values. Icalendar::Values::Uri retains raw input when URI parsing fails, and value_ical serializes CR and LF bytes without encoding them, letting a value terminate its property line. Exposure requires an application to place partially untrusted metadata in an ICS URI field and a downstream calendar client or importer to process the generated file.
Summary
What happened
ICS injection in the icalendar Ruby library 2.0.0 through 2.12.1 allows remote attackers to add arbitrary calendar lines through crafted URI values. Icalendar::Values::Uri retains raw input when URI parsing fails, and value_ical serializes CR and LF bytes without encoding them, letting a value terminate its property line. Exposure requires an application to place partially untrusted metadata in an ICS URI field and a downstream calendar client or importer to process the generated file.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-33635
- Published
- Mar 26, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Collective
- Product
- icalendar
- Classifications
- CWE-93, T1565.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 2.0.0, < 2.12.2
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