CVE-2024-39908

MEDIUM

Ruby-lang Rexml < 3.3.2 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

Exploits (1)

nomisec STUB
by SpiralBL0CK · poc
https://github.com/SpiralBL0CK/CVE-2024-39908

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0803
EPSS Percentile 92.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (3)
netapp/bootstrap_os
rubygems/rexml 0 - 3.3.2RubyGems
ruby-lang/rexml < 3.3.2
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026