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ALPINE-CVE-2024-41946

ALPINE-CVE-2024-41946 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.23ruby-rexml0, 0, 3.2.9-r0
Alpine:v3.20ruby-rexml3.2.9-r0, 0, 3.2.5-r0
Alpine:v3.22ruby-rexml0, 0, 3.2.5-r1
Alpine:v3.24ruby-rexml0
Alpine:v3.21ruby-rexml3.2.5-r0, 3.2.9-r0, 0
Alpine:v3.19ruby-rexml3.2.5-r0, 3.2.5-r2, 3.2.5-r3

Timeline

  • Aug 1, 2024 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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