CVE-2025-23195

Apache Ambari: XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in Ambari/Oozie

Published Jan 21, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the Ambari/Oozie
project, allowing an attacker to inject malicious XML entities. This
vulnerability occurs due to insecure parsing of XML input using the
`DocumentBuilderFactory` class without disabling external entity
resolution. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary
files on the server or perform server-side request forgery (SSRF)
attacks. The issue has been fixed in both Ambari 2.7.9 and the trunk
branch.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-3139 An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the Ambari/Oozie project, allowing an attacker to inject malicious XML entities. This vulnerability occurs due to insecure parsing of XML input using the `DocumentBuilderFactory` class without disabling external entity resolution. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server or perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. The issue has been fixed in both Ambari 2.7.9 and the trunk branch.
History
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First Time appeared Apache
Apache ambari
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apache:ambari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache ambari
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the Ambari/Oozie project, allowing an attacker to inject malicious XML entities. This vulnerability occurs due to insecure parsing of XML input using the `DocumentBuilderFactory` class without disabling external entity resolution. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server or perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. The issue has been fixed in both Ambari 2.7.9 and the trunk branch.
Title Apache Ambari: XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in Ambari/Oozie
Weaknesses CWE-611
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Jan 22, 2025, 2:49 PM
Reserved
Jan 13, 2025, 2:34 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 21, 2025, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:52 AM