XXE vulnerability in Eclipse JGit

Summary

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.

Timeline

1. May 21, 2025, 6:47 AM UTCCVE published
2. May 21, 2025, 10:22 AM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

3. Oct 14, 2025, 6:30 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Eclipse JGit Eclipse JGit

  From 7.2.0 · fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r; From 7.1.0 · fixed in 7.1.1.202505221757-r; From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.0.1.202505221510-r; fixed in 5.13.4.202507202350-r; From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.10.1.202505221210-r

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

  From 7.2.0 · fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r; From 7.1.0 · fixed in 7.1.1.202505221757-r; From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.0.1.202505221510-r; fixed in 5.13.4.202507202350-r; From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.10.1.202505221210-r

• org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgitMaven

  From 7.2.0.202503040940-r · fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r

• org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgitMaven

  From 7.1.0.202411261347-r · fixed in 7.1.1.202505221757-r

• org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgitMaven

  From 7.0.0.202409031743-r · fixed in 7.0.1.202505221510-r

• org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgitMaven

  From 6.1.0.202203080745-r · fixed in 6.10.1.202505221210-r

• org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgitMaven

  From 6.0.0.202110060947-m1 · fixed in 6.0.0.202111291000-r

• org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgitMaven

  fixed in 5.13.4.202507202350-r

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