Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-54904
concurrent-ruby is a modern concurrency tools for Ruby. Prior to 1.3.7, Concurrent::AtomicReference#update can enter a permanent busy retry loop when the current value is Float::NAN. The issue is caused by the interaction between AtomicReference#update, which retries until compare_and_set(old_value, new_value) succeeds; Numeric compare_and_set, which checks old == old_value before attempting the underlying atomic swap.; and Ruby NaN semantics, where Float::NAN == Float::NAN is always false. As a result, once an AtomicReference contains Float::NAN, calling #update repeatedly evaluates the caller's block and never returns. In services that store externally derived numeric values in an AtomicReference, this can cause CPU exhaustion or permanent request/job hangs. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.7.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 19.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-54904
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:0.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyconcurrency:concurrent_ruby:1.3.6