GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56

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    GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56

    Published: 21 May 2025Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Eclipse JGit XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4949, https://github.com/eclipse-jgit/jgit, https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/64, https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/281, https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/5.13.4, https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/5.13.5, https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/6.10.1, https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.0.1, https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.1.1, https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.2.1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.eclipse.jgit/org.eclipse.jgit

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 7.2.0.202503040940-r
    Fixed -7.2.1.202505142326-r

    Affected versions

    7.2.0.202503040940-r

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High