CVE-2024-38374 HIGH

CVE-2024-38374: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java

Vendor Cyclonedx

Product cyclonedx-core-java

Weakness CWE-611 · XXE

Published June 28, 2024

Last update August 2, 2024

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

Description

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.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

June 28, 2024 CVE published

August 2, 2024 Record updated