Hudson XML API susceptible to External Entity Injection Vunerability prior to v3.3.2

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2015-8031 · GHSA-j3h2-8mf8-j5r2 · Published 18/07/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-8031 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting org.jvnet.hudson.main:hudson-core, hudson (eclipse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 76.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.3.2, 3.2.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jvnet.hudson.main:hudson-core Maven	`< 3.3.2`	`3.3.2`
hudson eclipse	`< 3.2.2`	`3.2.2`

Description

In versions prior to 3.3.2, Hudson exhibits a flaw in its XML API processing that can allow access to potentially sensitive information on the filesystem of the Hudson master server.

NVD description

Hudson (aka org.jvnet.hudson.main:hudson-core) before 3.3.2 allows XXE attacks.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8031 · ADVISORY
GitHub Advisory GHSA-j3h2-8mf8-j5r2 · ADVISORY
hudson/hudson-2.x · PACKAGE
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGJVNETHUDSONMAIN-31221 · WEB
wiki.eclipse.org/Hudson-ci/alerts/CVE-2015-8031 · WEB

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