GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/08/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6
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Published
2024-08-01T22:05:10Z
Modified
2025-11-03T23:05:58.123562Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
REXML DoS vulnerability
Details

Impact

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 ]>.

If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to these vulnerabilities.

Patches

The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.

Workarounds

Don't parse untrusted XMLs.

References

  • https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh : This is a similar vulnerability
  • https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 : This is a similar vulnerability
  • https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org
Database specific 
{
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-400",
        "CWE-770"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-01T15:15:13Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-08-01T22:05:10Z"
}
References

Affected packages

RubyGems / rexml

Package

Name
rexml
Purl
pkg:gem/rexml

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.3

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.7.3
3.1.8
3.1.9
3.1.9.1
3.2.0
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.2.6
3.2.7
3.2.8
3.2.9
3.3.0
3.3.1
3.3.2