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CVE-2025-4949 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Eclipse Foundation
CVSS-B 6.8 MEDIUM
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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/64 Eclipse Foundation Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/281 CISA-ADP, Eclipse Foundation Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/5.13.4 Eclipse Foundation Release Notes 
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/6.10.1 Eclipse Foundation Release Notes 
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.0.1 Eclipse Foundation Release Notes 
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.1.1 Eclipse Foundation Release Notes 
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.2.1 Eclipse Foundation Release Notes 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference cwe source acceptance level NIST   Eclipse Foundation  
CWE-827 Improper Control of Document Type Definition Eclipse Foundation  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-4949
NVD Published Date:
05/21/2025
NVD Last Modified:
10/16/2025
Source:
Eclipse Foundation