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The vulnerability of the XML tools for Ruby REXML arises from the use of a regular expression c, which has an inefficient computational cost. This allows attackers to perform a type of “denial-of-service” attack.

🗓️ 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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Ruby XML toolkit vulnerability from a high-cost regular expression enabling remote denial-of-service.

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ATTACKERKB		CVE-2025-10990
27 Feb 202613:32
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Tenable Nessus		Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0118: pcs (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0118)
22 Jul 202500:00
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Tenable Nessus		AlmaLinux 9 : ruby (ALSA-2024:10858)
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Tenable Nessus		AlmaLinux 9 : ruby:3.1 (ALSA-2024:10860)
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canonicalubuntuMatch24.10

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19 Nov 2025 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 37.5
CVSS 27.8
EPSS0.01429
Ruby XML toolkitregular expressiondenial of service
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