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CVE-2024-35176

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-35176 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the REXML gem, an XML toolkit for Ruby, specifically versions prior to 3.2.6. This flaw occurs when parsing untrusted XML documents containing numerous '<' characters within an attribute value. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:rexml:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0206 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (36)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 3.1.4-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 3.2.7-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 3.1.4-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 3.2.7-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 3.3.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 3.2.8-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 3.3.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 3.2.8-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17331-16823Fixed in: 3.2.7-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20192-17086Fixed in: 3.2.7-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ruby 3.3.0-4 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.3.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ruby 3.3.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.3.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17738-17084Fixed in: 3.3.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20183-17084Fixed in: 3.2.8-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19965-17084Fixed in: 3.3.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 rubygem-rexml 3.2.6-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.2.8-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 rubygem-rexml 3.2.8-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.2.8-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 ruby 3.1.4-9 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.1.4-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 ruby 3.1.4-6 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.1.4-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 rubygem-rexml 3.2.5-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.2.7-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 rubygem-rexml 3.2.7-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.2.7-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17332-16823Fixed in: 3.1.4-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19723-17086Fixed in: 3.1.4-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17737-17084Fixed in: 3.2.8-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ruby:2.5-8100020240627152904.489197e6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pcs-0:0.10.18-2.el8_10.1
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rexmlFixed in: 3.2.7
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: ruby
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: pcs
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ruby:3.3/ruby
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ruby:3.1/ruby
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ruby
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: ruby
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: ruby:3.1/ruby
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: ruby:3.3/ruby

Vendor Advisories (4)

microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2024-35176

CVE-2024-35176

Sep 10, 2024
rubygemsGHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xghmedium

REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability

May 16, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-35176Low

REXML: DoS parsing an XML with many `<`s in an attribute value

May 16, 2024
microsoft2024-May/CVE-2024-35176Moderate

REXML contains a denial of service vulnerability

May 14, 2024

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20250306-0001
Third Party Advisory
github.com / ruby/rexml/commit/4325835f92f3f142ebd91a3fdba4e1f1ab7f1cfb
Patch
github.com / ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-vg3r-rm7w-2xgh
Vendor Advisory
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2024/05/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-35176
Vendor Advisory