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:May 16, 2024
Last Modified:Nov 3, 2025
EPS:May 16, 2024
EPSS Score:0.05469
CVSS Score:5.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Ruby-lang
Product
Rexml
Ruby-lang
Rexml
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
