CVE-2025-23215CWE-200CWE-312CWE-540

PMD Designer's release key passphrase (GPG) available on Maven Central in cleartext

Critical · published January 31, 2025

CVSS v4.0
9.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PMD is an extensible multilanguage static code analyzer. The passphrase for the PMD and PMD Designer release signing keys are included in jar published to Maven Central. The private key itself is not known to have been compromised itself, but given its passphrase is, it must also be considered potentially compromised. As a mitigation, both compromised keys have been revoked so that no future use of the keys are possible. Note, that the published artifacts in Maven Central under the group id net.sourceforge.pmd are not compromised and the signatures are valid.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
9.3 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Clear
EPSS
0.00329 · 24.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor; CWE-312 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information; CWE-540 · Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code
Published
2025-01-31T15:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 JAN 15:25Z
    PMD Designer's release key passphrase (GPG) available on Maven Central in cleartext
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