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CVE-2023-42445

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42445 is a medium-severity XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Gradle versions prior to 7.6.3 and 8.4. This flaw allows for potential out-of-band data exfiltration of local files when Gradle parses maliciously crafted remote Ivy XML descriptors or Maven POM files. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and high attack complexity (AC:H), but successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gradle:gradle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gradle:gradle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0067 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 707 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.6.0Fixed in: gradle
View patch
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2Fixed in: gradle
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8Fixed in: gradle
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: gradle
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-byte-buddy

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-42445Moderate

gradle: Possible local text file exfiltration by XML External entity injection

Oct 6, 2023

References

github.com / gradle/gradle/releases/tag/v7.6.3
Release Notes
github.com / gradle/gradle/releases/tag/v8.4.0
Release Notes
github.com / gradle/gradle/security/advisories/GHSA-mrff-q8qj-xvg8
Vendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20231110-0006
Third Party Advisory