GHSA-6FHJ-VR9J-G45R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-10 21:04 – Updated: 2025-11-15 02:46
VLAI
Summary
CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection
Details

Impact

The XML Validator used by cyclonedx-core-java was not configured securely, making the library vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection.

The fix for GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8 / CVE-2024-38374 has been incomplete in that it only fixed parsing of XML BOMs, but not validation.

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 11.0.1.

Workarounds

If feasible, applications can reject XML documents before handing them to cyclonedx-core-java for validation. This may be an option if incoming CycloneDX BOMs are known to be in JSON format.

References

  • The issue was introduced via https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/162aa594f347b3f612fe0a45071693c3cd398ce9
  • The issue was fixed via https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/737
  • https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
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              "introduced": "2.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "11.0.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-64518"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-10T21:04:03Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-11-10T22:15:40Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe XML [`Validator`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/xml/validation/Validator.html) used by cyclonedx-core-java was not configured securely, making the library vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection.\n\nThe fix for GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8 / CVE-2024-38374 has been incomplete in that it only fixed *parsing* of XML BOMs, but not *validation*.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 11.0.1.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf feasible, applications can reject XML documents before handing them to cyclonedx-core-java for validation.\nThis may be an option if incoming CycloneDX BOMs are known to be in JSON format.\n\n### References\n\n* The issue was introduced via https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/162aa594f347b3f612fe0a45071693c3cd398ce9\n* The issue was fixed via https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/737\n* https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory",
  "id": "GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r",
  "modified": "2025-11-15T02:46:38Z",
  "published": "2025-11-10T21:04:03Z",
  "references": [
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    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64518"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/737"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/162aa594f347b3f612fe0a45071693c3cd398ce9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/af0ec75c93c03f93733a070c5132554490af5314"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection "
}



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