REXML DoS vulnerability
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.3epss 1.3%
exploitation probability
1.3%top 33% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
ruby · rexmlReferences
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xghhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.htmlhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0005/https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123