VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-35176
The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many `<`s in an attribute value.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.06%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.06%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many `<`s in an attribute value. Those who need to parse untrusted XMLs may be impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability. As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 2.06% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Affected
- ruby-lang/rexml
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfbPatch
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xghVendor Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfbPatch
- https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xghVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.