{"id":"AZL-51908","summary":"CVE-2024-49761 affecting package rubygem-rexml for versions less than 3.3.9-1","details":"REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.9 has a ReDoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many digits between &# and x...; in a hex numeric character reference (&#x...;). This does not happen with Ruby 3.2 or later. Ruby 3.1 is the only affected maintained Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.9 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability.","modified":"2026-04-01T05:17:46.817103Z","published":"2024-10-28T15:15:05Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-49761"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49761"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rubygem-rexml","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/rubygem-rexml"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.9-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-51908.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}