{"id":"CVE-2024-41946","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-41946","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T06:14:07.304Z","title":"The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API.","description":"REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.","published":"2024-08-01T15:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:48:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-400"],"affected":["ruby-lang/rexml"],"epss":{"score":0.01192,"percentile":0.67835,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0007/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41946","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}