CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-53689

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Jul 14, 2025 | Modified: Nov 04, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.1 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Blind XXE Vulnerabilities in jackrabbit-spi-commons and jackrabbit-core in Apache Jackrabbit < 2.23.2 due to usage of an unsecured document build to load privileges.

Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 2.20.17 (Java 8), 2.22.1 (Java 11) or 2.23.2 (Java 11, beta versions), which fix this issue. Earlier versions (up to 2.20.16) are not supported anymore, thus users should update to the respective supported version.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Jackrabbit Apache 2.20.0 (including) 2.20.17 (excluding)
Jackrabbit Apache 2.22.0 (including) 2.22.0 (including)
Jackrabbit Apache 2.23.0-beta (including) 2.23.0-beta (including)
Jackrabbit Apache 2.23.1-beta (including) 2.23.1-beta (including)

Potential Mitigations

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