{"id":"CVE-2025-64518","aliases":["GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2025-64518","summary":"CycloneDX Core (Java): BOM validation is vulnerable to XML External Entity injection","details":"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.","published":"2025-11-10T22:08:06.229Z","modified":"2026-08-12T15:14:36.359919Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java","fixedVersion":"11.0.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/162aa594f347b3f612fe0a45071693c3cd398ce9","label":"CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java@162aa59"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/64xxx/CVE-2025-64518.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/security/advisories/GHSA-6fhj-vr9j-g45r"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64518"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/162aa594f347b3f612fe0a45071693c3cd398ce9"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/commit/af0ec75c93c03f93733a070c5132554490af5314"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/737"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T15:14:36.359919Z"}}