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CVE-2024-49761

Published: Oct 28, 2024Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-1333
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

REXML ReDoS vulnerability

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-1333

Affected Products

RubyGems
package-ecosystem
rexml
OSS Libraries
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Ruby Team
oss-projectaka ruby-lang
REXMLLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / rubygems
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6m
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49761
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979f
github.com
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