CVE-2024-49761

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.6%, top 18% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
69.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 28, 2024

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (5)

Patch Availability(25)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubunturuby2.7-doc (2.7.0-5ubuntu1.15) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubunturuby3.0-doc (3.0.2-7ubuntu2.8) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubunturuby2.5-doc (2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16+esm4) @ bionic2026-05-23ubuntu
redhatpuppet-agent-0:7.34.0-4.el8sat2025-10-08redhat
redhatpuppet-agent-0:7.34.0-3.el9sat2025-09-04redhat
redhatsatellite-0:6.16.5.3-1.el9sat2025-09-03redhat
redhatpcs-0:0.10.12-6.el8_6.92025-08-07redhat
redhatpuppetserver-0:8.6.2-3.el9sat2025-08-07redhat
redhatpcs-0:0.10.15-4.el8_8.82025-08-01redhat
redhatpcs-0:0.10.18-2.el8_10.62025-07-15redhat
redhatruby:2.5-8020020241211125628.4cda2c842024-12-12redhat
redhatruby:2.5-8080020241211080135.63b345852024-12-12redhat
redhatruby:3.1-9040020241205144759.92024-12-12redhat
redhatruby-0:3.0.4-160.1.el9_02024-12-12redhat
redhatruby:2.5-8060020241211101132.ad008a3a2024-12-12redhat
redhatruby:3.1-9020020241211060845.92024-12-12redhat
redhatruby:2.5-8040020241211104816.522a0ee42024-12-12redhat
redhatruby:3.1-8080020241210144941.63b345852024-12-11redhat
redhatruby-0:3.0.4-161.el9_2.22024-12-11redhat
redhatruby-0:3.0.7-162.el9_4.12024-12-11redhat
redhatruby:2.5-8100020241127152844.489197e62024-12-05redhat
redhatruby:3.1-8100020241127152928.489197e62024-12-05redhat
redhatruby:3.1-9050020241127153348.92024-12-05redhat
redhatruby-0:3.0.7-163.el9_52024-12-05redhat
redhatpcs-0:0.11.1-10.el9_0.62024-12-04redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
RubyGems(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
rexml3.1.7.3 ... 3.3.8 (23 versions)3.3.9—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(25)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  50. 2026-05-23 19:30 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-49761?
CVE-2024-49761 is a high vulnerability published on October 28, 2024. 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…
When was CVE-2024-49761 disclosed?
CVE-2024-49761 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 28, 2024, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-49761 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-49761 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 69.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-49761?
CVE-2024-49761 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-49761?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-49761, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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