PT-2025-46138 · Red Hat+1 · Red Hat Satellite 6.16 For Rhel 8+11

Published

2026-02-27

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Updated

2026-03-04

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CVE-2025-10990

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions REXML (affected versions not specified)
Description A flaw exists in REXML related to inefficient regular expression (regex) parsing when processing hex numeric character references (&#x...) in XML documents. This can lead to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS), potentially impacting the availability of the affected component. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for a previously identified issue. The vulnerability involves the parsing of &#x...; entities within XML data.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-10990
RHSA-2025:17606
RHSA-2025:17613
RHSA-2025:17693

Affected Products

Red Hat Satellite 6.16 For Rhel 8
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 For Rhel 9
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 For Rhel 9
Satellite Client 6 For Rhel 8
Satellite Client 6 For Rhel 9
Jruby
Ruby2.3
Ruby2.5
Ruby2.7
Ruby3.0
Ruby3.2
Ruby3.3