CVE-2023-4218

mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (33rd) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

24 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

In Eclipse IDE versions < 2023-09 (4.29) some files with xml content are parsed vulnerable against all sorts of XXE attacks. The user just needs to open any evil project or update an open project with a vulnerable file (for example for review a foreign repository or patch).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 3.6

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · emo@eclipse.orgexploitability 1.3 · impact 3.6

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-611USprimary

affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Eclipse IDE <4.29all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Business Automation Workflow <24.0.0-IF005all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Business Automation Workflow <24.0.1-IF002all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Installation Manager 1.4-1.10.1.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:installation_manager:1.4_-_1.10.1.0
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services 8.5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spss:collaboration_and_deployment_services_8.5
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Eclipse IDE< 4.29cert_bundDE
IBM Business Automation Workflow< 24.0.0-IF005cert_bundDE
IBM Business Automation Workflow< 24.0.1-IF002cert_bundDE
Eclipse Foundation Eclipse IDE0 → 2023-09enisa_euvdEU
Eclipse Foundation Eclipse IDE0 → 4.29enisa_euvdEU
Eclipse Foundation org.eclipse.core.runtime0 → 3.29.0enisa_euvdEU
Eclipse Foundation org.eclipse.pde≤ 0 ≤3.13.2400enisa_euvdEU
eclipse eclipse ide< 4.29nvdUScpe:2.3:a:eclipse:eclipse_ide:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse org.eclipse.core.runtime< 3.29.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:eclipse:org.eclipse.core.runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eclipse pde< 3.13.2400nvdUScpe:2.3:a:eclipse:pde:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.eclipse.jdt:org.eclipse.jdt.ui< 3.30.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.eclipse.jdt/org.eclipse.jdt.ui
Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.core.runtime< 3.29.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.eclipse.platform/org.eclipse.core.runtime
Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.jface< 3.31.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.eclipse.platform/org.eclipse.jface
Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.platform< 4.29.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.eclipse.platform/org.eclipse.platform

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-3034Eclipse IDE: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2023-11-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Eclipse IDE ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-0521IBM MQ: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-02-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM MQ ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
GHSA-j24h-xcpc-9jw8Eclipse IDE XXE in eclipse.platform2023-11-30ghsa · osvUS
### Impact xml files like ".project" are parsed vulnerable against all sorts of XXE attacks. The user just needs to open any evil project or update an open project with a vulnerable file (for example for review a foreign repository or patch). Vulnerablility was found by static code analysis (SonarLint). Example `.project` file: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE price [ <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "http://127.0.0.1:49416/evil">]> <projectDescription> <name>p</name> <comment>&xxe;</comment> </projectDescription> ``` ### Patches Similar patches including junit test that shows the vulnerability have already applied to PDE (see https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667). A solution to platform should be the same: just reject parsing any XML that contains any `DOCTYPE`. ### Workarounds No known workaround. User can only avoid to get/open any foreign files with eclipse. Firewall rules against loss of data (but not against XML bomb). ### References https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-2755 https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8 (Report for multiple projects affected)

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-11-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (36)

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