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CVE

CVE-2025-64518

CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection
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CVE

CVE-2025-64518

CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection

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/XMLExternalEntityPreventionCheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory

Package Versions Affected

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
7.5
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
C
H
U
7.5
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/security/advisories/GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64518, https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/737, https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/162aa594f347b3f612fe0a45071693c3cd398ce9, https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/af0ec75c93c03f93733a070c5132554490af5314, https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XMLExternalEntityPreventionCheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory, https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java

Severity

7.5

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
7.5
EPSS Probability
0.00078%
EPSS Percentile
0.23577%
Introduced Version
9.0.4,2.1.0
Fix Available
11.0.1

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