Blind XML External Entity injection in Apache Jackrabbit - CVE-2025-53689

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Blind XML External Entity injection in Apache Jackrabbit - CVE-2025-53689

Published: January 22, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU121937
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-53689
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to alter application's behavior.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input in jackrabbit-spi-commons and jackrabbit-core components. A remote user can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and escalate their privileges. 


Affected software

Apache Jackrabbit
Confluence Data Center
Confluence Server

How to mitigate CVE-2025-53689

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Jackrabbit - addressed in versions 2.20.17, 2.22.1
Confluence Data Center - addressed in versions 9.2.11, 10.1.0
Confluence Server - addressed in versions 9.2.11, 10.1.0

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