XXE vulnerability in Eclipse JGit
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 21 fixed, 11 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse JGit | Eclipse JGit | 7.2.0 to before 7.2.1.202505142326-r; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.1.202505221757-r; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1.202505221510-r; before 5.13.4.202507202350-r; 6.0.0 to before 6.10.1.202505221210-r | 7.2.1.202505142326-r, 7.1.1.202505221757-r, 7.0.1.202505221510-r, 5.13.4.202507202350-r, 6.10.1.202505221210-r | Patch available | CNA |
| Eclipse JGit | Eclipse JGit | 7.2.0 to before 7.2.1.202505142326-r; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.1.202505221757-r; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1.202505221510-r; before 5.13.4.202507202350-r; 6.0.0 to before 6.10.1.202505221210-r | 7.2.1.202505142326-r, 7.1.1.202505221757-r, 7.0.1.202505221510-r, 5.13.4.202507202350-r, 6.10.1.202505221210-r | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) | 7.2.0.202503040940-r to before 7.2.1.202505142326-r | 7.2.1.202505142326-r | Patch available | GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 |
| — | org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) | 7.1.0.202411261347-r to before 7.1.1.202505221757-r | 7.1.1.202505221757-r | Patch available | GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 |
| — | org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) | 7.0.0.202409031743-r to before 7.0.1.202505221510-r | 7.0.1.202505221510-r | Patch available | GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 |
| — | org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) | 6.1.0.202203080745-r to before 6.10.1.202505221210-r | 6.10.1.202505221210-r | Patch available | GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 |
| — | org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) | 6.0.0.202110060947-m1 to before 6.0.0.202111291000-r | 6.0.0.202111291000-r | Patch available | GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 |
| — | org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) | before 5.13.4.202507202350-r | 5.13.4.202507202350-r | Patch available | GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 |
- Eclipse JGit VendorEclipse JGit Affected 7.2.0 to before 7.2.1.202505142326-r; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.1.202505221757-r; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1.202505221510-r; before 5.13.4.202507202350-r; 6.0.0 to before 6.10.1.202505221210-r Fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r, 7.1.1.202505221757-r, 7.0.1.202505221510-r, 5.13.4.202507202350-r, 6.10.1.202505221210-r Patch available CNA
- Eclipse JGit VendorEclipse JGit Affected 7.2.0 to before 7.2.1.202505142326-r; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.1.202505221757-r; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1.202505221510-r; before 5.13.4.202507202350-r; 6.0.0 to before 6.10.1.202505221210-r Fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r, 7.1.1.202505221757-r, 7.0.1.202505221510-r, 5.13.4.202507202350-r, 6.10.1.202505221210-r Patch available CNA
- org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.2.0.202503040940-r to before 7.2.1.202505142326-r Fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r Patch available GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56
- org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.1.0.202411261347-r to before 7.1.1.202505221757-r Fixed in 7.1.1.202505221757-r Patch available GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56
- org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0.202409031743-r to before 7.0.1.202505221510-r Fixed in 7.0.1.202505221510-r Patch available GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56
- org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.1.0.202203080745-r to before 6.10.1.202505221210-r Fixed in 6.10.1.202505221210-r Patch available GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56
- org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0.202110060947-m1 to before 6.0.0.202111291000-r Fixed in 6.0.0.202111291000-r Patch available GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56
- org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 5.13.4.202507202350-r Fixed in 5.13.4.202507202350-r Patch available GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 5.13.4; 6.0.0 to before 6.10.1.202505221210; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1.202505221510; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.1.202505221757; 7.2.0 to before 7.2.1.202505142326 | Vulnerable | Eclipse Foundation |
- cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.13.4; 6.0.0 to before 6.10.1.202505221210; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1.202505221510; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.1.202505221757; 7.2.0 to before 7.2.1.202505142326 Vulnerable ·Eclipse Foundation
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Eclipse JGit (Eclipse JGit) Fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r, 7.1.1.202505221757-r, 7.0.1.202505221510-r, 5.13.4.202507202350-r, 6.10.1.202505221210-r
- Fix · CNA Eclipse JGit (Eclipse JGit) Fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r, 7.1.1.202505221757-r, 7.0.1.202505221510-r, 5.13.4.202507202350-r, 6.10.1.202505221210-r
- Fix · GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Fixed in 7.2.1.202505142326-r Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Fixed in 7.1.1.202505221757-r Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Fixed in 7.0.1.202505221510-r Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Fixed in 6.10.1.202505221210-r Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Fixed in 6.0.0.202111291000-r Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven) Fixed in 5.13.4.202507202350-r Advisory →
Red Hat 21 advisories
- RHSA-2026:6011 Released 2026-03-30 · Red Hat rating CriticalRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.17 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-apache-cxf-3.4.10-3.SP2_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt-3.4.10-3.SP2_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-services-3.4.10-3.SP2_redhat_00003.1.el7eap +14
- RHSA-2026:4924 Released 2026-03-18 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24 io.netty.netty-codec-http2-4.1.124.Final-redhat-00001.jar, io.undertow.undertow-core-2.2.39.Final-redhat-00001.jar, org.apache.cxf.cxf-rt-transports-jms-3.5.11.SP1-redhat-00001.jar +2
- RHSA-2026:4917 Released 2026-03-18 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24 security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 9 eap7-apache-cxf-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-apache-cxf-services-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap +40
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- RHSA-2026:4915 Released 2026-03-18 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24 security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-apache-cxf-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf-services-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap +42
- RHSA-2026:4916 Released 2026-03-18 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24 security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 8 eap7-apache-cxf-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf-rt-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf-services-3.5.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap +43
- RHSA-2025:23491 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.20 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2025:23492 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.18 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2025:23490 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.16 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2025:23488 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.19 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2025:23489 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.17 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9
- RHSA-2025:23487 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.12 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2025:23486 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.15 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2025:23485 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.14 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2025:23482 Released 2025-12-17 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools - Openshift Jenkins 4.13 security update.
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 registry.redhat.io/ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8
- RHSA-2025:22773 Released 2025-12-04 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.11 security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 8 eap8-angus-activation-2.0.2-2.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap8-apache-commons-io-2.16.1-2.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap8-atinject-2.0.1-5.redhat_00007.1.el8eap +47
- RHSA-2025:22775 Released 2025-12-04 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.11 security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 9 eap8-angus-activation-2.0.2-2.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap8-apache-commons-io-2.16.1-2.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap8-atinject-2.0.1-5.redhat_00007.1.el9eap +47
- RHSA-2025:22777 Released 2025-12-04 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.11 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0
- RHSA-2025:22190 Released 2025-11-26 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.2 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform org.eclipse.jgit.org.eclipse.jgit-6.10.1.202505221210-r-redhat-00002.jar
- RHSA-2025:22188 Released 2025-11-26 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.2 Security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 9 eap8-activemq-artemis-2.40.0-3.redhat_00008.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-cli-2.40.0-3.redhat_00008.1.el9eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-commons-2.40.0-3.redhat_00008.1.el9eap +47
- RHSA-2025:22187 Released 2025-11-26 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.2 security update
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 8 eap8-activemq-artemis-2.40.0-3.redhat_00008.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-cli-2.40.0-3.redhat_00008.1.el8eap, eap8-activemq-artemis-commons-2.40.0-3.redhat_00008.1.el8eap +47
- RHSA-2025:18028 Released 2025-10-14 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Build of Apache Camel 4.10.7 for Spring Boot release.
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.10.7 for Spring Boot 3.4.10
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| A-MQ Clients 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Cryostat 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| streams for Apache Kafka | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23487 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23482 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23485 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23486 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23490 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23489 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23492 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23488 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23491 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 7 Server | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4915 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4916 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4917 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:22773 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.0 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:22775 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:22187 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 8.1 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:22188 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform | Fixed | RHSA-2025:22190 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 Server | Fixed | RHSA-2026:6011 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4924 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:22777 |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.10.7 for Spring Boot 3.4.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:18028 |
Not affected: 22 products
- Cryostat 4
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.12
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.13
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.14
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.15
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.16
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.17
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.18
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.19
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services 4.20
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 7 Server
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 8
- Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 ELS for RHEL 9
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 Server
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
- Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8
- streams for Apache Kafka 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-4949
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform · Red Hat
References
Advisory 2
Other 7
- https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.2.1
- https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.1.1
- https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.0.1
- https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/6.10.1
- https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/5.13.4
- https://github.com/eclipse-jgit/jgit
- https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/5.13.5
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Sources
- CVE-2025-4949 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-4949 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-4949 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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