CVE-2024-38374 (GCVE-0-2024-38374)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-28 18:01 – Updated: 2024-08-02 04:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java
Summary
The CycloneDX core module provides a model representation of the SBOM along with utilities to assist in creating, validating, and parsing SBOMs. Before deserializing CycloneDX Bill of Materials in XML format, _cyclonedx-core-java_ leverages XPath expressions to determine the schema version of the BOM. The `DocumentBuilderFactory` used to evaluate XPath expressions was not configured securely, making the library vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) injection. This vulnerability has been fixed in cyclonedx-core-java version 9.0.4.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-01 18:05 UTC
CWE
- CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CycloneDX | cyclonedx-core-java |
Affected:
>= 2.1.0, < 9.0.4
|
guessed | |
| cyclonedx | cyclonedx_core_java |
Affected:
2.1.0 , < 9.0.4
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:cyclonedx:cyclonedx_core_java:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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