{"cve":"CVE-2024-38374","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-28T18:15:04.853","modified":"2026-06-17T07:40:01.093","status":"Deferred","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-611"],"references":["https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/434","https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/434/commits/ab0bc9c530d24f737970dbd0287d1190b129853d","https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/security/advisories/GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8","https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/434","https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/pull/434/commits/ab0bc9c530d24f737970dbd0287d1190b129853d"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-38374","score":0.00589,"percentile":0.4818,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-683x-4444-jxh8","summary":"Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:14.821589478Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java","purl":"pkg:maven/org.cyclonedx/cyclonedx-core-java","ranges":[">=2.1.0 <9.0.4"],"fixed":["9.0.4"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}