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CVE-2024-35176

REXML: DoS parsing an XML with many ` < `s in an attribute value

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 16, 2024

Updated · June 28, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling