PMD Designer's release key passphrase (GPG) available on Maven Central in cleartext
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
PMD is an extensible multilanguage static code analyzer. The passphrase for the PMD and PMD Designer release signing keys are included in jar published to Maven Central. The private key itself is not known to have been compromised itself, but given its passphrase is, it must also be considered potentially compromised. As a mitigation, both compromised keys have been revoked so that no future use of the keys are possible. Note, that the published artifacts in Maven Central under the group id net.sourceforge.pmd are not compromised and the signatures are valid.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pmd | pmd | before 7.10.0 | 7.10.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-designer (Maven) | 7.0.0 to before 7.10.0 | 7.10.0 | Patch available | GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84 |
| — | net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-ui (Maven) | 6.14.0 – 6.19.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84 |
| — | net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core (Maven) | 6.21.0 to before 7.10.0 | 7.10.0 | Patch available | GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84 |
- pmd Vendorpmd Affected before 7.10.0 Fixed in 7.10.0 Patch available CNA
- net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-designer (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.10.0 Fixed in 7.10.0 Patch available GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84
- net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-ui (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.14.0 – 6.19.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84
- net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.21.0 to before 7.10.0 Fixed in 7.10.0 Patch available GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pmd (pmd) Fixed in 7.10.0
- Fix · GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84 net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-designer (Maven) Fixed in 7.10.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84 net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core (Maven) Fixed in 7.10.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23215
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84
References
Other 7
- https://github.com/pmd/pmd/security/advisories/GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84
- https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer/commit/1548f5f27ba2981b890827fecbd0612fa70a0362
- https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer/commit/e87a45312753ec46b3e5576c6f6ac1f7de2f5891
- https://github.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central/blob/master/content/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd-designer/README.md
- https://github.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central/blob/master/content/net/sourceforge/pmd/pmd-designer/pmd-designer-7.0.0.diffoscope
- https://github.com/jvm-repo-rebuild/reproducible-central?tab=readme-ov-file#reproducible-builds-for-maven-central-repository
- https://github.com/pmd/pmd
Sources
- CVE-2025-23215 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-23215 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-88m4-h43f-wx84 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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