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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Eclipse
  • Jgit

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/64 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/281 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4949 cve-icon
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/6.10.1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.0.1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.1.1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.2.1 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4949 cve-icon
History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Eclipse
Eclipse jgit
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Eclipse
Eclipse jgit
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Fri, 23 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Thu, 22 May 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Wed, 21 May 2025 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 21 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title XXE vulnerability in Eclipse JGit
Weaknesses CWE-611
CWE-827
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, '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/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: eclipse

Published: 2025-05-21T06:47:19.777Z

Updated: 2025-05-23T07:00:45.737Z

Reserved: 2025-05-19T07:02:22.381Z

Link: CVE-2025-4949

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-21T10:24:46.428Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-21T07:16:01.397

Modified: 2025-06-17T14:10:34.853

Link: CVE-2025-4949

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-05-21T06:47:19Z

Links: CVE-2025-4949 - Bugzilla