Medium severity · published May 16, 2024
CVE-2024-35176
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby
5.3
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
Rexml · Ruby-lang
before 3.2.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35176
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35176
Patch
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/
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