{"id":"CVE-2024-35176","aliases":["GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35176","summary":"REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability","details":" REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many `<`s in an attribute value. Those who need to parse untrusted XMLs may be impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability. As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs.","published":"2024-05-16T15:13:25.100Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:12.982836005Z","cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":2,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"rexml","fixedVersion":"3.2.7"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb","label":"ruby/rexml@4325835"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/35xxx/CVE-2024-35176.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35176"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0001/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:12.982836005Z"}}