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CVE-2021-28965 (GCVE-0-2021-28965)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-21 06:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 21:55
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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