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Echo: ruby3.1: security update to 3.1.6

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462031

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 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it
 parses an XML that has many `<`s in an attribute value. Those who need to parse untrusted XMLs may be
 impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability.
 As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs. (CVE-2024-35176)

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-2024-35176

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462031

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35176