{"cve":"CVE-2024-41123","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-01T15:15:13.213","modified":"2026-06-17T07:47:19.347","status":"Modified","description":"REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.","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:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8","https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6","https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh","https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html"],"products":["ruby-lang:rexml"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-41123","score":0.01283,"percentile":0.7009,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6","summary":"REXML DoS vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:18.119599284Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"rexml","purl":"pkg:gem/rexml","ranges":["<3.3.3"],"fixed":["3.3.3"]}]}],"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."]}