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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb	Patch
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh	Vendor Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb	Patch
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

History

03 Nov 2025, 21:16

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Information

Published : 2024-05-16 16:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 21:16

NVD link : CVE-2024-35176

Mitre link : CVE-2024-35176

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-35176

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ruby-lang

rexml

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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