Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting pcs-snmp package, versions <0:0.10.18-2.el8_10.6.alma.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.65% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-PCSSNMP-16012724
  • published13 Apr 2026
  • disclosed5 Dec 2024

Introduced: 5 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-49761  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 pcs-snmp to version 0:0.10.18-2.el8_10.6.alma.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:11047.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcs-snmp package and not the pcs-snmp package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1