Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-41123

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

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2024-41123.

CWE Category CWE-400
Published Date Aug 01, 2024
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.24%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-41123: 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.

Impacted Vendors

R
ruby-lang 1

Reference Links

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 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0005/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-41123 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 NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.