CVE-2025-64518 (GCVE-0-2025-64518)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-10 22:08 – Updated: 2025-11-12 20:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-12 17:34 UTC
CWE
- CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XM… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CycloneDX | cyclonedx-core-java |
Affected:
>= 2.1.0, <11.0.1
|
guessed |
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