CVE-2025-4949: XXE vulnerability in Eclipse JGit
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-4949
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
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/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green
Problem Types
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference CWE-827 Improper Control of Document Type DefinitionAffected Products
Vendor: Eclipse JGit
Product: Eclipse JGit
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.07% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 23.24% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-19 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4949https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.2.1
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/281
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/64