CVE-2025-4949

XXE vulnerability in Eclipse JGit

Published: May 21, 2025Updated: Jan 5, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-611

5.3MEDIUM

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

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-611 CWE-827

Affected Products

Gradle Inc.

commercialaka gradle

GradleMixed

DevTools & CI / build-test-tools

oss-project·DE

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

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2 techniques

Collection

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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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