CVE-2025-53689

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:2.22.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:2.23.0:beta::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:2.23.1:beta::::::

History

29 Jul 2025, 14:52

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Apache jackrabbit Apache
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:2.23.0:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:2.23.1:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:jackrabbit:2.22.0:::::::*
References	~~() https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24 -~~	() https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24 - Vendor Advisory

15 Jul 2025, 13:14

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-14 10:15

Updated : 2025-07-29 14:52

NVD link : CVE-2025-53689

Mitre link : CVE-2025-53689

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-53689

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Products Affected

apache

jackrabbit

CWE

CWE-611

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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