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SCA: security update for rexml (GHSA-8cr8-4vfw-mr7h)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412601

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2021-28965)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8cr8-4vfw-mr7h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412601

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28965

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28965