VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-49761

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-10-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-1333

Primary references