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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

19 Sep 2025, 15:38

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb - () https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb - Patch
References () https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh - () https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176 - () https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/ - () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/ - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
First Time Ruby-lang rexml
Ruby-lang

07 Mar 2025, 01:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/ -

Information

Published : 2024-05-16 16:15

Updated : 2025-09-19 15:38


NVD link : CVE-2024-35176

Mitre link : CVE-2024-35176

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-35176


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Products Affected

ruby-lang

  • rexml
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling