Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-41946

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

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2024-41946.

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)
0.68%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-41946: REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Impacted Vendors

R
ruby-lang 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/033d1909a8f259d5a7c53681bcaf14f13bcf0368 https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-5866-49gr-22v4 https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00011.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0007/
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-2024-41946 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.