Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-39908

Title: Ruby-Lang Rexml Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2024-39908.

CWE Category CWE-400
Published Date Jul 16, 2024
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
8.03%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-39908: REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.

Impacted Vendors

N
netapp 1
R
ruby-lang 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908 https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-39908 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.