Vulnerability in Icalendar
CVE-2026-33635
iCalendar is a Ruby library for dealing with iCalendar files in the iCalendar format defined by RFC-5545. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to version 2.12.2, .ics serialization does not properly sanitize URI property values, enabling ICS injection through attacker-controlled input, adding arbitrary calendar lines to the output. `Icalendar::Values::Uri` falls back to the raw input string when `URI.parse` fails and later serializes it with `value.to_s` without removing or escaping `\r` or `\n` characters. That value is embedded directly into the final ICS line by the normal serializer, so a payload containing CRLF can terminate the original property and create a new ICS property or component. (It looks like you can inject via url, source, image, organizer, attach, attendee, conference, tzurl because of this). Applications that generate `.ics` files from partially untrusted metadata are impacted. As a result, downstream calendar clients or importers may process attacker-supplied content as if it were legitimate event data, such as added attendees, modified URLs, alarms, or other calendar fields. Version 2.12.2 contains a patch for the issue.
Vulnerability class: CRLF Injection
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Icalendar — versions >= 2.0.0, < 2.12.2
- Icalendar Project
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/icalendar/icalendar/security/advisories/GHSA-pv9c-9mfh-hvxq (Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/icalendar/icalendar/commit/b8d23b490363ee5fffaec1d269a8618a912ca265 (Patch)
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/icalendar/CVE-2026-33635.y… (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-33635?
- CVE-2026-33635 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Icalendar, classified under CRLF Injection. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-03-26.
- How severe is CVE-2026-33635?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.