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CVE-2025-10990

Rexml: rexml: denial of service via inefficient regex parsing

Published: Feb 27, 2026Updated: Jun 26, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-1333
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A flaw was found in REXML. A remote attacker could exploit inefficient regular expression (regex) parsing when processing hex numeric character references (&#x...;) in XML documents. This could lead to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS), impacting the availability of the affected component. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-1333

Affected Products

Red Hat
commercial·US
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Workaround Available
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17606
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17613
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17693
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