The CycloneDX core module provides a model representation of the SBOM along with utilities to assist in creating, validating, and parsing SBOMs. Starting in version 2.1.0 and prior to version 11.0.1, the XML `Validator` used by cyclonedx-core-java was not configured securely, making the library vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. The fix for GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8 / CVE-2024-38374 was incomplete in that it only fixed parsing of XML BOMs, but not validation. The vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 11.0.1. As a workaround, applications can reject XML documents before handing them to cyclonedx-core-java for validation. This may be an option if incoming CycloneDX BOMs are known to be in JSON format.
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GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r | CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection |
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Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000
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| Description | The CycloneDX core module provides a model representation of the SBOM along with utilities to assist in creating, validating, and parsing SBOMs. Starting in version 2.1.0 and prior to version 11.0.1, the XML `Validator` used by cyclonedx-core-java was not configured securely, making the library vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. The fix for GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8 / CVE-2024-38374 was incomplete in that it only fixed parsing of XML BOMs, but not validation. The vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 11.0.1. As a workaround, applications can reject XML documents before handing them to cyclonedx-core-java for validation. This may be an option if incoming CycloneDX BOMs are known to be in JSON format. | |
| Title | CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-611 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-10T22:08:06.229Z
Reserved: 2025-11-05T21:15:39.400Z
Link: CVE-2025-64518
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-11-10T22:15:40.497
Modified: 2025-11-12T16:19:59.103
Link: CVE-2025-64518
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-11-12T12:48:14Z
Github GHSA