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Vulnerability details: VCID-tuja-cuj6-pfe8
Vulnerability ID VCID-tuja-cuj6-pfe8
Aliases CVE-2024-39908
GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
Summary REXML denial of service vulnerability ### Impact 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 may be impacted to these vulnerabilities. ### Patches The REXML gem 3.3.2 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://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908/
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-39908.json
epss 0.03251 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-39908
epss 0.03251 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-39908
epss 0.03251 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-39908
epss 0.03251 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-39908
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/ruby/rexml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ruby/rexml
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.2
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.2
cvssv3 4.3 https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
ssvc Track https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-39908.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-39908.yml
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39908
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39908
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
ssvc Track https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-39908.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-39908
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-39908
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/ruby/rexml
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.2
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-39908.yml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39908
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
1076766 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076766
2298243 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298243
GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
RHSA-2024:6784 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6784
RHSA-2024:6785 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6785
RHSA-2025:4063 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4063
RHSA-2025:4488 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4488
USN-7091-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7091-1/
USN-7256-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7256-1/
USN-7418-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7418-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-39908.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/ruby/rexml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/ruby/rexml/releases/tag/v3.3.2
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-16T17:58:11Z/ Found at https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2024-39908.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39908
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0008
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-16T17:58:11Z/ Found at https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/07/16/dos-rexml-cve-2024-39908
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86581
EPSS Score 0.03251
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:10:51.725468+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/07/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8.json 36.1.3