CVE catalog
CVE-2023-42445
gradle: CVE-2023-42445
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.78% · Oct 25, 2026
Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. In some cases, when Gradle parses XML files, resolving XML external entities is not disabled. Combined with an Out Of Band XXE attack (OOB-XXE), just parsing XML can lead to exfiltration of local text files to a remote server. Gradle parses XML files for several purposes. Most of the time, Gradle parses XML files it generated or were already present locally. Only Ivy XML descriptors and Maven POM files can be fetched from remote repositories and parsed by Gradle. In Gradle 7.6.3 and 8.4, resolving XML external entities has been disabled for all use cases to protect against this vulnerability. Gradle will now refuse to parse XML files that have XML external entities.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gradle | sid | 4.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | gradle | forky | 4.6-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | gradle | trixie | 4.4.1-22 | vulnerable |
| Debian | gradle | bookworm | 4.4.1-18 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gradle | source | sid | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1055176] |
| Debian | gradle | source | forky | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1055176] |
| Debian | gradle | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1055176] |
| Debian | gradle | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1055176] |
Notes
[trixie] gradle: Minor issue [bookworm] gradle: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42445]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42445]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-42445.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-3070.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]