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CVE-2025-58767: REXML has DoS condition when parsing malformed XML file

September 17, 2025 (updated September 19, 2025)

The REXML gems from 3.3.3 to 3.4.1 have a DoS vulnerability when parsing XML containing multiple XML declarations. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you may be impacted to these vulnerabilities.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2f4-jgmc-q2r5
  • github.com/ruby/rexml
  • github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/5859bdeac792687eaf93d8e8f0b7e3c1e2ed5c23
  • github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-c2f4-jgmc-q2r5
  • github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rexml/CVE-2025-58767.yml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58767
  • www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/09/18/dos-rexml-cve-2025-58767

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.3.3 before 3.4.2

Fixed versions

  • 3.4.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.4.2 or above.

Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

Source file

gem/rexml/CVE-2025-58767.yml

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