CVE-2024-39908

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 16, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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