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TI-2024-25631 Aliases CVE-2024-38374GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java

Priority HIGH 72CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The CycloneDX core module provides a model representation of the SBOM along with utilities to assist in creating, validating, and parsing SBOMs. Before deserializing CycloneDX Bill of Materials in XML format, _cyclonedx-core-java_ leverages XPath expressions to determine the schema version of the BOM. The `DocumentBuilderFactory` used to evaluate XPath expressions was not configured securely, making the library vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. This vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 9.0.4.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00589 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial cyclonedx-core-java (CycloneDX): 9.0.4org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java (Maven): 9.0.4Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CycloneDXcyclonedx-core-java2.1.0 to before 9.0.49.0.4Patch availableCNA
—org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java (Maven)2.1.0 to before 9.0.49.0.4Patch availableGHSA-683x-4444-jxh8
  • cyclonedx-core-java VendorCycloneDX Affected 2.1.0 to before 9.0.4 Fixed in 9.0.4 Patch available CNA
  • org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.1.0 to before 9.0.4 Fixed in 9.0.4 Patch available GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cyclonedx:cyclonedx_core_java:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.0—CycloneDX
  • cpe:2.3:a:cyclonedx:cyclonedx_core_java:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.0 — ·CycloneDX

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA cyclonedx-core-java (CycloneDX) Fixed in 9.0.4
  • Fix · GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8 org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java (Maven) Fixed in 9.0.4 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Migration Toolkit for Applications 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Migration Toolkit for RuntimesAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Not affected: 6 products
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus
  • streams for Apache Kafka

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38374
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2024-22686 @cyclonedx/cyclonedx-library Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-39908 CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-50119 @cyclonedx/cyclonedx-npm: Shell Injection via Unsanitized --workspace Argument on Windows CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-40311 @cyclonedx/cyclonedx-npm: Shell Injection via Unsanitized `--workspace` Argument CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2022-08588 Improper Input Validation leading to Path Traversal in CycloneDX BOM Repository Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1

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