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Square Open Source Retrofit version Prior to commit…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Square Open Source Retrofit version Prior to commit 4a693c5aeeef2be6c7ecf80e7b5ec79f6ab59437 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in JAXB that can result in An attacker could use this to remotely read files from the file system or to perform SSRF.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in After commit 4a693c5aeeef2be6c7ecf80e7b5ec79f6ab59437.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02152 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit (Maven): 2.5.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit (Maven)2.0.0 to before 2.5.02.5.0Patch availableGHSA-j379-9jr9-w5cq
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.5.0 Fixed in 2.5.0 Patch available GHSA-j379-9jr9-w5cq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:squareup:retrofit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.0 to before 2.5.0VulnerableSquareup
  • cpe:2.3:a:squareup:retrofit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.0 to before 2.5.0 Vulnerable ·Squareup

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-j379-9jr9-w5cq com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit (Maven) Fixed in 2.5.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Fuse 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000844
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j379-9jr9-w5cq

References

  • TI-2018-16071 Square Retrofit version versions from (including) 2.0 and 2.5.0 (excluding) contains a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5

Sources