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Echo: ruby3.1: security update to 3.1.6

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459810

Description

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

 - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.3.6 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML
 that has many deep elements that have same local name attributes. If you need to parse untrusted XMLs with
 tree parser API like REXML::Document.new, you may be impacted to this vulnerability. If you use other
 parser APIs such as stream parser API and SAX2 parser API, this vulnerability is not affected. The REXML
 gem 3.3.6 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-43398)

Solution

Update the ruby3.1 library and its related packages to version 3.1.6 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-43398

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 459810

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43398

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43398