CVE-2024-49761: netapp ontap_tools
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-49761 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in netapp ontap_tools. EPSS estimates a 1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 18Timeline
- 28-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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 metrics
11 scores · 9 sources · 2 versions- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:UDiffers
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:UDiffers
- OSV · RubygemsEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:UDiffers
- NVDNIST6.6MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · RubygemsEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.42%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
72%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.42% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat65 products
- pcs< 0:0.11.1-10.el9_0.6 | < 0:0.10.18-2.el8_10.6 | < 0:0.10.15-4.el8_8.8 | < 0:0.10.12-6.el8_6.9
- pcs-snmp< 0:0.11.1-10.el9_0.6 | < 0:0.10.18-2.el8_10.6 | < 0:0.10.15-4.el8_8.8 | < 0:0.10.12-6.el8_6.9
- puppet-agent< 0:8.8.1-2.el9sat | < 0:8.8.1-2.el8sat | < 0:7.34.0-3.el8sat | < 0:7.34.0-3.el9sat
- puppetserver< 0:8.6.2-3.el9sat | < 0:8.6.2-3.el8sat
- ruby< 0:3.1.5-144.module+el8.10.0+22580+b97d9670 | < 0:2.5.9-113.module+el8.10.0+22581+23fc9c9e | < 0:3.0.7-163.el9_5 | < 0:3.1.5-145.module+el9.5.0+22579+d0aa0a16 | < 0:3.0.7-162.el9_4.1 | < 0:3.0.4-161.el9_2.2 | < 0:3.1.2-142.module+el8.8.0+22637+76cde83a | < 0:3.0.4-160.1.el9_0 | < 0:3.1.2-141.1.module+el9.2.0+22640+f1bd3602 | < 0:3.1.5-145.module+el9.4.0+22626+a031549d | < 0:2.5.9-111.module+el8.8.0+22642+d0d7978a | < 0:2.5.5-106.module+el8.2.0+22646+0b11b626 | < 0:2.5.9-108.module+el8.4.0+22645+8a608fad | < 0:2.5.9-111.module+el8.6.0+22644+99a75427
Chainguard26 products
- jruby-9.4< 9.4.9.0-r0
- jruby-9.4-default-ruby< 9.4.9.0-r0
- kube-fluentd-operator< 1.18.2-r18
- kube-fluentd-operator-compat< 1.18.2-r18
- kube-fluentd-operator-default-config< 1.18.2-r18
Wolfi17 products
- jruby-9.4< 9.4.9.0-r0
- jruby-9.4-default-ruby< 9.4.9.0-r0
- kube-fluentd-operator< 1.18.2-r18
- kube-fluentd-operator-compat< 1.18.2-r18
- kube-fluentd-operator-default-config< 1.18.2-r18
Ubuntu7 products
- jrubyAll versions (No fix recorded)
- ruby2.3< 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm10 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- ruby2.5< 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16+esm4 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- ruby2.7< 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.15 | All versions (No fix recorded)
- ruby3.0< 3.0.2-7ubuntu2.8 | All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
- ruby3.1All versions (No fix recorded)
- ruby3.3< 3.3.6-1
Alpine1 product
- ruby-rexml< 3.3.9-r0
Netapp1 product
Ruby1 product
- rexml< 3.3.9
Ruby-lang1 product
- rexml< 3.3.9
RubyGems1 product
- rexml< 3.3.9
10 vendors · 122 products
References
89 links- github.com/ruby/rexml/security/advisories/GHSA-2rxp-v6pw-ch6mX Refsource CONFIRMARTICLEREPORTAdvisoryWEBThird Party Advisory
- github.com/ruby/rexml/commit/ce59f2eb1aeb371fe1643414f06618dbe031979fX Refsource MISCARTICLEREPORTFIXWEBPatch
- www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/10/28/redos-rexml-cve-2024-49761X Refsource MISCARTICLEREPORTWEBVendor Advisory
Show all 89 references
- github.com/ruby/rexmlPACKAGE