CVE-2024-43398

MEDIUM

REXML < 3.3.6 - Denial of Service via Deep XML Element Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0120
EPSS Percentile 64.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-776
Status published
Products (3)
netapp/bootstrap_os
ruby-lang/rexml < 3.3.6
rubygems/rexml 0 - 3.3.6RubyGems
Published Aug 22, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026