{"cve":"CVE-2024-35176","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-16T16:15:09.707","modified":"2026-06-17T07:34:29.257","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-400","CWE-770"],"references":["https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb","https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh","https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176","https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb","https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh"],"products":["ruby-lang:rexml"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-35176","score":0.02064,"percentile":0.81365,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh","summary":"REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:14.352438622Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"rexml","purl":"pkg:gem/rexml","ranges":["<3.2.7"],"fixed":["3.2.7"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}