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layout: news_post
title: "CVE-2024-35176: DoS in REXML"
author: "kou"
translator:
date: 2024-05-16 05:00:00 +0000
tags: security
lang: en
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There is a DoS vulnerability in REXML gem. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier [CVE-2024-35176](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35176). We strongly recommend upgrading the REXML gem.

## Details

When parsing an XML document that has many `<` in an attribute value, REXML gem may take long time.

Please update REXML gem to version 3.2.7 or later.

## Affected versions

* REXML gem 3.2.6 or prior

## Credits

Thanks to [mprogrammer](https://hackerone.com/mprogrammer) for discovering this issue.

## History

* Originally published at 2024-05-16 05:00:00 (UTC)