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high 7.5

CVE-2025-64518 json

CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection

published 2025-11-10 11 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r , EUVD-2025-50813

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java 11.0.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-64518 updated cvss 7.5

cyclonedx-core-java: CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection

  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 cyclonedx-core-java Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 cyclonedx-core-java Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3 cyclonedx-core-java
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Reject or block XML-formatted BOMs from untrusted sources before handing them to the library (e.g., require BOMs to be JSON or only accept BOMs from trusted origins).”
  • Red Hat build of Debezium 3 cyclonedx-core-java
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Reject or block XML-formatted BOMs from untrusted sources before handing them to the library (e.g., require BOMs to be JSON or only accept BOMs from trusted origins).”
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.20.4.redhat cyclonedx-core-java 11.0.1.redhat-00001
    fixed: vendor fix “Reject or block XML-formatted BOMs from untrusted sources before handing them to the library (e.g., require BOMs to be JSON or only accept BOMs from trusted origins).” RHSA-2025:22195
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.1.redhat cyclonedx-core-java 11.0.1.redhat-00001
    fixed: vendor fix “Reject or block XML-formatted BOMs from untrusted sources before handing them to the library (e.g., require BOMs to be JSON or only accept BOMs from trusted origins).” RHSA-2025:22622
  • Red Hat Cryostat 4 cyclonedx-core-java Red Hat AMQ Clients cyclonedx-core-java
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4 cyclonedx-core-java Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.20.4.redhat jna 5.8.0, lit 3.2.1, bson 5.3.1, db2 1.20.6, h2 2.3.230, itu 1.14.0, +1015 more Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.27.1.redhat jna 5.8.0, bson 5.5.1, db2 1.21.3, h2 2.3.230, itu 1.14.0, y18n 5.0.8, +1004 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 cyclonedx-core-java
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 cyclonedx-core-java Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 cyclonedx-core-java Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack cyclonedx-core-java Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 2 cyclonedx-core-java Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 3 cyclonedx-core-java
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java
>=2.1.0, <11.0.1
11.0.1

Affected products

  • CycloneDX cyclonedx-core-java

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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