XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting ruby package, versions [,2.6.7)[2.7.0,2.7.3)[3.0.0,3.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RUBY-2370165
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Apr 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-28965  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ruby to version 2.6.7, 2.7.3, 3.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection. The REXML gem before 3.2.5 in Ruby before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, and 3.x before 3.0.1 does not properly address XML round-trip issues. An incorrect document can be produced after parsing and serializing.

References

CVSS Scores

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