XML External Entity injection in Ambari - CVE-2025-23195
Published: February 28, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105120
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23195
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Ambari
Ambari
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input in the Ambari/Oozie project. A remote user can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-23195
Install updates from vendor's website.