CVE-2024-41946

HIGH EPSS 64.1%
Published Aug 1, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Aug 1, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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 Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
64.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
ruby-langrexml* <3.3.3

References 6

  • github.com https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4
    Vendor Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0007/
  • ruby-lang.org https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml
    Not Applicable
  • ruby-lang.org https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368
    Patch