GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-m43g-m425-p68x junit-platform-reporting can leak Git credentials through its OpenTestReportGeneratingListener
MEDIUM
Official page ↗
- Aliases
- CVE-2025-53103
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.junit.platform:junit-platform-reporting
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-312
- Reviewed
- 2025-07-01
Affected packages
• Maven org.junit.platform:junit-platform-reporting: >= 5.12.0, < 5.13.2 → fixed in 5.13.2
Description
Summary
This vulnerability affects JUnit's support for writing Open Test Reporting XML files which is an opt-in feature of `junit-platform-reporting`.
If a repository is cloned using a GitHub token or other credentials in its URL, for example:
```bash
git clone https://${GH_APP}:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/example/example.git
```
The credentials are captured by `OpenTestReportGeneratingListener` which produces (trimmed for brevity):
```xml
```
Details
https://github.com/junit-team/junit5/blob/6b7764dac92fd35cb348152d1b37f8726875a4e0/junit-platform-reporting/src/main/java/org/junit/platform/reporting/open/xml/OpenTestReportGeneratingListener.java#L183
I think this should be configurable in some way to exclude select git information or exclude it entirely.
PoC
1. Clone a repo using a GitHub token as shown above.
2. Enable the listener `junit.platform.reporting.open.xml.enabled=true`
3. Observe report captures credentials
Impact
Depending on the level of access of the token, it can be nothing, limited, or everything.
If these test reports are published or stored anywhere public, then there is the possibility that a rouge attacker can steal the token and perform elevated actions by impersonating the user or app.
Resolution
JUnit 5.13.2 and later replace credentials in the URL with `***`. Moreover, including any Git metadata in the XML output is now an opt-in feature that can be enabled via the new `junit.platform.reporting.open.xml.git.enabled=true` configuration parameter but is not included by default.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-53103 JUnit is a testing framework for Java and the JVM. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness
References
- https://github.com/junit-team/junit-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-m43g-m425-p68x web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53103 advisory
- https://github.com/junit-team/junit-framework/commit/d4fc834c8c1c0b3168cd030c13551d1d041f51bc web
- https://github.com/junit-team/junit-framework package
- https://github.com/junit-team/junit-framework/blob/6b7764dac92fd35cb348152d1b37f8726875a4e0/junit-platform-reporting/src/main/java/org/junit/platform/reporting/open/xml/OpenTestReportGeneratingListener.java#L183 web