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CVE-2024-35176: REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability

May 16, 2024 (updated March 7, 2025)

The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many <s in an attribute value.

If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to this vulnerability.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
  • github.com/ruby/rexml
  • github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
  • github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35176
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001
  • www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.2.7

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.7

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.2.7 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

gem/rexml/CVE-2024-35176.yml

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