> CVE-2024-39908 [MEDIUM]

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PUBLISHED
2024-07-16 18:15
MODIFIED
2025-09-19 15:50
CVSS_SCORE V3
4.3
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
1.49%
Top 26.0%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2025-10-18 CVE PROJECT 🔗 2026-01-19 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-25 GITHUB 🔗 2026-11-04 OSV 🔗 2026-09-20 MSRC 🔗 2026-02-01

> 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.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

Ruby-Lang - Rexml
< 3.3.2

> CVSS V3 METRICS

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

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
Required (R)
Nécessite une action utilisateur (clic lien, ouverture fichier, etc.)
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
None (N)
Aucune divulgation d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
None (N)
Aucune modification de données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
Low (L)
Interruption partielle du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
None
Aucune divulgation d'informations
Intégrité
None
Aucune modification de données possible
Disponibilité
Low
Interruption partielle du service possible

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby:3.1 security update
An update for the ruby:3.1 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scori...
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby:3.1 security update
An update for the ruby:3.1 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scori...

> GITHUB SECURITY ADVISORY

GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 MODERATE

REXML denial of service vulnerability

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
RUBYGEMS / rexml
< 3.3.2
Fixed in: 3.3.2

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

Denial of service in REXML

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
14 versions affected
ALIASES:
GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
16/07/2024 18:15
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 18/10/2025 14:52
CVEPROJECT
Champ modifié: CVE Project
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 1 Dernière mise à jour: 1 year ago
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