CVE-2023-4218 — In Eclipse IDE versions < 2023-09 (4

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).

01What is this vulnerability?

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).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Eclipse Foundation	Eclipse IDE	0
Eclipse Foundation	Eclipse IDE	0
Eclipse Foundation	org.eclipse.core.runtime	0
Eclipse Foundation	org.eclipse.pde	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-09T08:26:51.567Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-03T19:26:14.225Z

09References

• gitlab.eclipse.org — https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632/
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667/
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b…
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0de…
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f…
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0…
• github.com — https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed…