CVE-2024-35176 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-35176: REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability

Vendor Ruby
Product rexml
Weakness CWE-400
Published May 16, 2024
Last update November 3, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 16, 2024 CVE published
November 3, 2025 Record updated