Description
The CycloneDX core module provides a model representation of the SBOM along with utilities to assist in creating, validating, and parsing SBOMs. Starting in version 2.1.0 and prior to version 11.0.1, the XML `Validator` used by cyclonedx-core-java was not configured securely, making the library vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. The fix for GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8 / CVE-2024-38374 was incomplete in that it only fixed parsing of XML BOMs, but not validation. The vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 11.0.1. As a workaround, applications can reject XML documents before handing them to cyclonedx-core-java for validation. This may be an option if incoming CycloneDX BOMs are known to be in JSON format.
Published: 2025-11-10
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection
History

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Cyclonedx
Cyclonedx cyclonedx Core Java
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Cyclonedx cyclonedx Core Java

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Description The CycloneDX core module provides a model representation of the SBOM along with utilities to assist in creating, validating, and parsing SBOMs. Starting in version 2.1.0 and prior to version 11.0.1, the XML `Validator` used by cyclonedx-core-java was not configured securely, making the library vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. The fix for GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8 / CVE-2024-38374 was incomplete in that it only fixed parsing of XML BOMs, but not validation. The vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 11.0.1. As a workaround, applications can reject XML documents before handing them to cyclonedx-core-java for validation. This may be an option if incoming CycloneDX BOMs are known to be in JSON format.
Title CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection
Weaknesses CWE-611
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Cyclonedx Cyclonedx Core Java
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-12T20:13:21.105Z

Reserved: 2025-11-05T21:15:39.400Z

Link: CVE-2025-64518

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-12T17:34:32.367Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-11-10T22:15:40.497

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-64518

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-11-10T22:08:06Z

Links: CVE-2025-64518 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-12T12:48:14Z

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