GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r
CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection
Quick fix
GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r — org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
# pom.xml: bump <version>11.0.1</version> for org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-javaDetails
### Impact
The XML [`Validator`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/xml/validation/Validator.html) 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 has been incomplete in that it only fixed *parsing* of XML BOMs, but not *validation*.
### Patches
The vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 11.0.1.
### Workarounds
If feasible, 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.
### References
* The issue was introduced via https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/162aa594f347b3f612fe0a45071693c3cd398ce9 * The issue was fixed via https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/737 * https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory
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Affected packages
2.1.0Fixed in: 11.0.1# pom.xml: bump <version>11.0.1</version> for org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-javaReferences
- https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/security/advisories/GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64518[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/737[WEB]
- https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/162aa594f347b3f612fe0a45071693c3cd398ce9[WEB]
- https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/af0ec75c93c03f93733a070c5132554490af5314[WEB]
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory[WEB]
- https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java[PACKAGE]