> CVE-2024-43398 [MEDIUM]

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PUBLISHED
2024-08-22 15:15
MODIFIED
2025-09-19 15:51
CVSS_SCORE V3
5.9
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
1.21%
Top 31.5%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2025-10-18 CVE PROJECT 🔗 2026-01-19 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-11-08 GITHUB 🔗 2026-11-11 OSV 🔗 2026-11-08 MSRC 🔗 2026-02-01

> DESCRIPTION

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

Ruby-Lang - Rexml
< 3.3.6

> CVSS V3 METRICS

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

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
High (H)
Conditions spécifiques doivent être réunies pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
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
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
None
Aucune divulgation d'informations
Intégrité
None
Aucune modification de données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale 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-vmwr-mc7x-5vc3 HIGH

REXML denial of service vulnerability

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
RUBYGEMS / rexml
< 3.3.6
Fixed in: 3.3.6

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

REXML denial of service vulnerability

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
18 versions affected
ALIASES:
GHSA-vmwr-mc7x-5vc3

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
22/08/2024 15:15
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 18/10/2025 14:53
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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