CVE-2024-41123

MEDIUM

REXML < 3.2.7 and 3.3.0-3.3.2 - Denial of Service via Malformed XML Parsing

Title source: llm

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html

Vendor Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0005/

Not Applicable x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6

Not Applicable x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0023

EPSS Percentile 46.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-400

Status published

Products (2)

ruby-lang/rexml < 3.2.7

rubygems/rexml 0 - 3.3.3RubyGems

Published Aug 01, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026