CVE-2025-47293 — powsybl-commons
Fix: powsybl/powsybl-core@e6c7c49CVE-2025-47293 is a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in com.powsybl:powsybl-commons. A fix is available for com.powsybl:powsybl-commons — see the affected versions and patch details below.
PowSyBl Core XML Reader allows XXE and SSRF
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-47293.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
com.powsybl:powsybl-commonsReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?
In certain places, powsybl-core XML parsing is vulnerable to an XXE attack and in on place also to an SSRF attack.
This allows an attacker to elevate their privileges to read files that they do not have permissions to, including sensitive files on the system.
The vulnerable class is com.powsybl.commons.xml.XmlReader which is considered to be untrusted in use cases where untrusted users can submit their XML to the vulnerable methods. This can be a multi-tenant application that hosts many different users perhaps with different privilege levels.
Am I impacted?
You are vulnerable if you allow untrusted users to import untrusted CGMES or XIIDM network files.
Patches
com.powsybl:powsybl-commons:6.7.2 and higher
References
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | com.powsybl:powsybl-commons | all versions | 6.7.2com.powsybl:powsybl-commons:6.7.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.powsybl:powsybl-commons, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update com.powsybl:powsybl-commons to 6.7.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-47293 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Restrict outbound requests from the affected component to an allowlist of hosts, block access to link-local and internal address ranges at the network layer, and require authentication on internal services so a forged request cannot reach them unauthenticated.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-47293 in your dependencies?
Find it across Maven, including transitive dependencies.