CVE-2024-41946

ADVISORY - github

Summary

Impact

The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API.

If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with SAX2 or pull parser API, you may be impacted to this vulnerability.

Patches

The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Workarounds

Don't parse untrusted XMLs with SAX2 or pull parser API.

References

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ : This is a similar vulnerability
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41946/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org

EPSS Score⁠: 0.00321 (0.548)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-400⁠

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

ADVISORY - github

CWE-400⁠

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-770⁠

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

ADVISORY - gitlab

CWE-1035⁠

OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

CWE-400⁠

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-770⁠

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-937⁠

OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

ADVISORY - redhat

CWE-400⁠

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Impacted images

Advisories

NIST

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 day ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2024-41946⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-400⁠

CVSS SCORE

5.3medium

GitHub

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

23 hours ago

ADVISORY IDGHSA-5866-49gr-22v4⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-400⁠CWE-770⁠

CVSS SCORE

6.9medium

Alpine

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2024-41946⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Debian

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 month ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2024-41946⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Ubuntu

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

8 days ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2024-41946⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

7.5medium

GitLab

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CVE-2024-41946

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-1035⁠CWE-400⁠CWE-770⁠CWE-937⁠

CVSS SCORE

5.3medium

Alma

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY IDALSA-2024:6670⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Alma

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY IDALSA-2024:6784⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Alma

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY IDALSA-2024:6785⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Alma

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY IDALSA-2025:4488⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Amazon

CREATED

7 months ago

UPDATED

7 months ago

ADVISORY IDALAS2023-2025-921⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Red Hat

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

8 months ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2024-41946⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.8

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-400⁠

CVSS SCORE

3.3low

Rocky

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

8 months ago

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2024:6670⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Rocky

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

8 months ago

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2024:6784⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Rocky

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

8 months ago

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2024:6785⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Rocky

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2025:4063⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Rocky

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

3 months ago

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2025:4488⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Oracle

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2024-6670⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Oracle

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2024-6784⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Oracle

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2024-6785⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Oracle

CREATED

7 months ago

UPDATED

7 months ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2025-4063⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Oracle

CREATED

6 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2025-4488⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Chainguard

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-3xr5-pwx9-qch9

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-58gc-r4xx-4mmw

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-8722-4v4g-8vjr

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

4 months ago

UPDATED

4 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-92q4-5gh7-j3xf

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-96h6-x8g9-47fv

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-9v7f-2qj3-xv9f

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-c6pq-8cfx-9p4v

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-cqp7-rq6q-883w

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-crvw-4882-w64x

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-f7f8-m26x-gx78

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-fgqg-jcq9-jv3q

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-fhqv-j9mx-3hfc

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-m9mr-7fp9-mvh3

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-q9f2-m4xr-h5pc

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-v98j-mcmh-g897

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-vh8v-w8jp-44vq

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

1 year ago

UPDATED

1 year ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-w364-9xg9-2vmf

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Chainguard

CREATED

10 months ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY ID

CGA-w732-86pv-mf62

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

minimos

CREATED

9 months ago

UPDATED

9 months ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-6456-2g6w-5fmf

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY