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CVE-2024-35176 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb CVEPatch
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh CVEVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html CVE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176 CVEVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]
CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ruby-lang rexml
< 3.2.7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-35176
NVD Published Date:
May 16, 2024
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2024-35176 Details - Not Deferred