VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-41946
CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-08-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description
REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch
- security-advisories@github.com — Vendor Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Not Applicable
- security-advisories@github.com — Vendor Advisory
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