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Vulnerability details: VCID-jcpa-9yka-2ugy
Vulnerability ID VCID-jcpa-9yka-2ugy
Aliases CVE-2025-53689
GHSA-44c3-38h8-9fh9
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-53689.json
epss 0.00212 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-53689
epss 0.00212 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-53689
epss 0.00212 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-53689
epss 0.00212 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-53689
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-44c3-38h8-9fh9
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit/pull/263/commits/02786c0a01838580252bdab79bfa54026c30294e
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit/pull/263/commits/02786c0a01838580252bdab79bfa54026c30294e
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53689
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53689
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/14/1
generic_textual HIGH http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/14/1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-53689.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-53689
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-53689
https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit
https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit/pull/263/commits/02786c0a01838580252bdab79bfa54026c30294e
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53689
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/14/1
1109335 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1109335
2379885 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379885
5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24 https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24
GHSA-44c3-38h8-9fh9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-44c3-38h8-9fh9
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-53689.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit/pull/263/commits/02786c0a01838580252bdab79bfa54026c30294e
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-07-14T15:45:32Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53689
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/14/1
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.43855
EPSS Score 0.00212
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:05:29.470409+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/53xxx/CVE-2025-53689.json 38.6.0