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CVE-2024-35176

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.

Published

2024-05-16T16:15:09.707

Last Modified

2025-09-19T15:38:53.157

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-400
CWE-770

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ruby-lang	rexml	< 3.2.7	Yes

References

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)