CVE-2025-23195: apache software foundation apache ambari

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-23195 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in apache software foundation apache ambari. EPSS estimates a 0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-01-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 22-01-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceThe product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.