CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-4218
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
In Eclipse IDE versions < 2023-09 (4.29) some files with xml content are parsed vulnerable against all sorts of XXE attacks. The user just needs to open any evil project or update an open project with a vulnerable file (for example for review a foreign repository or patch).
Affected configurations
• eclipse eclipse ide (< 4.29)
• eclipse org.eclipse.core.runtime (< 3.29.0)
• eclipse pde (< 3.13.2400)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed1b Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f1d6d1b532fd4c4d Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0ded6af7c21dfbec Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632/ Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667/ Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45 Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0863dad4745367b54f49e06ba Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b7c50bf4e1cce48a917d89bd Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761 Patch
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed1b Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f1d6d1b532fd4c4d Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0ded6af7c21dfbec Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632/ Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667/ Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45 Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0863dad4745367b54f49e06ba Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b7c50bf4e1cce48a917d89bd Patch
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761 Patch
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory