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CVE-2024-35176

Vendorruby-langProductrexmlDiscoveredMay 16, 2024UpdatedNov 3, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.1
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
2.06%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
1
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityLOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Connections
3 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
May 16, 2024
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 3, 2025
Oct 27, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7840-1: Ruby vulnerabilities
Public PoC (1)
github.com/SpiralBL0CK/CVE-2024-35176
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