Medium

Eclipse JGit XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

Disclosed: 21.05.2025
Updated: 11.10.2026 13:20

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.

Affected software

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Platform	Package	Vulnerable versions	Fixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven)	org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit	>= 7.2.0.202503040940-r, < 7.2.1.202505142326-r, >= 7.1.0.202411261347-r, < 7.1.1.202505221757-r, >= 7.0.0.202409031743-r, < 7.0.1.202505221510-r, >= 6.1.0.202203080745-r, < 6.10.1.202505221210-r, >= 6.0.0.202110060947-m1, < 6.0.0.202111291000-r, < 5.13.4.202507202350-r	7.2.1.202505142326-r, 7.1.1.202505221757-r, 7.0.1.202505221510-r, 6.10.1.202505221210-r, 6.0.0.202111291000-r, 5.13.4.202507202350-r

References

CVSS score -

CVSS 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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-611
Platform: Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package: org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit
Disclosed: 21.05.2025
Updated: 11.10.2026 13:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-vrpq-qp53-qv56 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries: 3
First → latest: 02.2020 05.2025
Without a fix: 0
Exploited in attacks: 0

Severity breakdown

Critical 1
High 1
Medium 1

Disclosures per year

2020: 1
2021: 0
2022: 0
2023: 1
2024: 0
2025: 1
2026: 0

21.05.2025

Eclipse JGit XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability this entry

Medium CVE-2025-4949 >= 7.2.0.202503040940-r, < 7.2.1.202505142326-r, >= 7.1.0.202411261347-r, < 7.1.1.202505221757-r, >= 7.0.0.202409031743-r, < 7.0.1.202505221510-r, >= 6.1.0.202203080745-r, < 6.10.1.202505221210-r, >= 6.0.0.202110060947-m1, < 6.0.0.202111291000-r, < 5.13.4.202507202350-r 7.2.1.202505142326-r, 7.1.1.202505221757-r, 7.0.1.202505221510-r, 6.10.1.202505221210-r, 6.0.0.202111291000-r, 5.13.4.202507202350-r
18.09.2023

Arbitrary File Overwrite in Eclipse JGit

High · 8.8 CVE-2023-4759 >= 6.0.0.202111291000-r, < 6.6.1.202309021850-r, < 5.13.3.202401111512-r 6.6.1.202309021850-r, 5.13.3.202401111512-r
12.02.2020

Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; m

Critical · 9.8 CVE-2014-9390 < 3.5.3 3.5.3

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