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CVE-2025-4949

XXE vulnerability in Eclipse JGit

Published: May 21, 2025Updated: Jan 5, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-611
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 40.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

In Eclipse JGit versions 7.2.0.202503040940-r and older, the ManifestParser class used by the repo command and the AmazonS3 class used to implement the experimental amazons3 git transport protocol allowing to store git pack files in an Amazon S3 bucket, are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks when parsing XML files. This vulnerability can lead to information disclosure, denial of service, and other security issues.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-611CWE-827

Affected Products

Gradle Inc.
commercialaka gradle
GradleMixed
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
Eclipse Foundation
oss-project·DE
Eclipse JGit
OSS Libraries
eclipse
oss-project·BEaka eclipse-foundation
jgit
DevTools & CI
Eclipse JGit
oss-project·US
Eclipse JGitLibrary
DevTools & CI / source-control
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Initial Access
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References

https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/issues/64
gitlab.eclipse.org
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/281
gitlab.eclipse.org
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/5.13.4
projects.eclipse.org
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