CVE-2025-53689

Name	CVE-2025-53689
Description	Blind XXE Vulnerabilities in jackrabbit-spi-commons and jackrabbit-core in Apache Jackrabbit < 2.23.2 due to usage of an unsecured document build to load privileges. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 2.20.17 (Java 8), 2.22.1 (Java 11) or 2.23.2 (Java 11, beta versions), which fix this issue. Earlier versions (up to 2.20.16) are not supported anymore, thus users should update to the respective supported version.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	1109335

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
jackrabbit (PTS)	bullseye	2.18.0+r2.14.6-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	2.20.3-1	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	2.20.11-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
jackrabbit	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)			1109335

Notes

https://lists.apache.org/thread/5pf9n76ny13pzzk765og2h3gxdxw7p24
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-5165
https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit/pull/263
https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit/commit/1d6cb3d0fcc8d51980b90ddcf94122d3e4add83e (jackrabbit-2.20.17)