CVE-2024-35176
REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.1%
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.
- Affected
- ruby · rexml
- CVSS v3.1 GITHUB
- 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - EPSS
- 2.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 81st percentile
- Published
- 2024-05-16
- Updated
- 2025-11-03
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- SpiralBL0CK/CVE-2024-351765★ · 2024-12-19
Security advisories
- ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001
- advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
- ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb