CVE-2025-4949

low-risk
Published 2025-05-21

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.20% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Eclipse

References (8)

Issue Tracking https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/64
Exploit https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/281
Release Notes https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/5.13.4
Release Notes https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/6.10.1
Release Notes https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.0.1
Release Notes https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.1.1
Release Notes https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/7.2.1
Exploit https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/281
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low-risk
Severity 17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal