CVE intelligence

CVE-2024-39908

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jul 16, 2024Sources checked Oct 3, 2026

4.3MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2024-39908 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.3. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed releases

3.3.5-1
3.3.4-1
3.2.7-4
3.1.7-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS1.5%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2024-39908?

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.1 has some DoS vulnerabilities when it parses an XML that has many specific characters such as `<`, `0` and `%>`. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs, you many be impacted to these vulnerabilities. The REXML gem 3.3.2 or later include the patches to fix these vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid parsing untrusted XML strings.