What is CVE-2025-23195?

CVE-2025-23195 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ambari, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-23195?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

XXE in Apache Ambari

CVE-2025-23195

An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in the Ambari/Oozie project, allowing an attacker to inject malicious XML entities. This vulnerability occurs due to insecure parsing of XML input using the `DocumentBuilderFactory` class without disabling external entity resolution. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server or perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks. The issue has been fixed in both Ambari 2.7.9 and the trunk branch.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Ambari
Apache Software Foundation Ambari — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23195?: CVE-2025-23195 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Ambari, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-23195?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.