CVE-2024-43398
MEDIUMRuby-lang Rexml < 3.3.6 - XML Entity Expansion
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0114
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-776
Status
published
Affected Products (3)
ruby-lang/rexml
< 3.3.6
netapp/bootstrap_os
rubygems/rexml
< 3.3.6RubyGems
Timeline
Published
Aug 22, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026