CVE-2024-41123

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.28% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

35 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.3–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USprimaryCWE-400USCWE-400USCWE-770US

affected products (35)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM DB2 on Cloud Pak for Dataall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:db2:on_cloud_pak_for_data
IBM QRadar SIEMall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Atlassian Atlassian Confluence <10.0.2< 10.0.2cert_bundDE
Atlassian Atlassian Confluence <10.1.1< 10.1.1cert_bundDE
Atlassian Atlassian Confluence <8.5.25< 8.5.25cert_bundDE
Atlassian Atlassian Confluence <9.2.7< 9.2.7cert_bundDE
Atlassian Confluence< 10.0.2cert_bundDE
Atlassian Confluence< 10.1.1cert_bundDE
Atlassian Confluence< 8.5.25cert_bundDE
Atlassian Confluence< 9.2.7cert_bundDE
IBM Cognos Analytics< 11.2.4 IF4cert_bundDE
IBM Cognos Analytics< 12.0.4 IF2cert_bundDE
IBM DB2≤ Warehouse <5.1.0cert_bundDE
IBM DB2< 5.1.0cert_bundDE
IBM IBM Cognos Analytics <11.2.4 IF4< 11.2.4 IF4cert_bundDE
IBM IBM Cognos Analytics <12.0.4 IF2< 12.0.4 IF2cert_bundDE
IBM IBM DB2 <5.1.0< 5.1.0cert_bundDE
IBM IBM DB2 Warehouse <5.1.0≤ Warehouse <5.1.0cert_bundDE

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-1744Ruby REXML: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2024-07-31csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Ruby REXML ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2025-0001IBM DB2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-01-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen.
GHSA-r55c-59qm-vjw6REXML DoS vulnerability2024-08-01ghsa · osvUS
### Impact The REXML gem before 3.3.2 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as whitespace character, `>]` and `]>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to these vulnerabilities. ### Patches The REXML gem 3.3.3 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://github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-4xqq-m2hx-25v8 : This is a similar vulnerability * https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/08/01/dos-rexml-cve-2024-41123/: An announce on www.ruby-lang.org

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-08-01modified 2026-08-04

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references (16)

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