GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 Eclipse JGit XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

MEDIUM Published 2025-05-21 Modified 2026-01-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-4949
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-611
Reviewed
2025-05-22

Affected packages

• Maven org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit: >= 7.2.0.202503040940-r, < 7.2.1.202505142326-r → fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r • Maven org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit: >= 7.1.0.202411261347-r, < 7.1.1.202505221757-r → fixed in 7.1.1.202505221757-r • Maven org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit: >= 7.0.0.202409031743-r, < 7.0.1.202505221510-r → fixed in 7.0.1.202505221510-r • Maven org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit: >= 6.1.0.202203080745-r, < 6.10.1.202505221210-r → fixed in 6.10.1.202505221210-r • Maven org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit: >= 6.0.0.202110060947-m1, < 6.0.0.202111291000-r → fixed in 6.0.0.202111291000-r • Maven org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit: < 5.13.4.202507202350-r → fixed in 5.13.4.202507202350-r

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-4949 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… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References