What is CVE-2024-6961?

CVE-2024-6961 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-6961?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-6961 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-6961

CVE-2024-6961

RAIL documents are an XML-based format invented by Guardrails AI to enforce formatting checks on LLM outputs. Guardrails users that consume RAIL documents from external sources are vulnerable to XXE, which may cause leakage of internal file data via the SYSTEM entity.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

reefs@jfrog.com (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6961?: CVE-2024-6961 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-6961?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6961 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.