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.
Published: 2024-05-16
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 6.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4018-1 ruby2.7 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-1802 REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7091-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7091-2 Ruby vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7418-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7734-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7840-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03575}

epss

{'score': 0.0367}


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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::highavailability

Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux
Ruby-lang Rexml
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:37:32.949Z

Reserved: 2024-05-10T14:24:24.338Z

Link: CVE-2024-35176

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:37:32.949Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-16T16:15:09.707

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:16:11.330

Link: CVE-2024-35176

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-35176 - Bugzilla

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