REXML DoS vulnerability
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.3epss 1.2%
exploitation probability
1.2%top 35% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
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/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.htmlhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0007/https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexmlhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946