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junit-platform-reporting can leak Git credentials through its OpenTestReportGeneratingListener

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 1, 2025 in junit-team/junit-framework • Updated Jul 1, 2025

Package

maven org.junit.platform:junit-platform-reporting (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 5.12.0, <= 5.13.1

Patched versions

5.13.2

Description

Summary

This vulnerability affects JUnit's support for writing Open Test Reporting XML files which is an opt-in feature of junit-platform-reporting.

If a repository is cloned using a GitHub token or other credentials in its URL, for example:

git clone https://${GH_APP}:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/example/example.git

The credentials are captured by OpenTestReportGeneratingListener which produces (trimmed for brevity):

<infrastructure>
    <git:repository originUrl="https://username:[email protected]/example/example.git" />
</infrastructure>

Details

https://github.com/junit-team/junit5/blob/6b7764dac92fd35cb348152d1b37f8726875a4e0/junit-platform-reporting/src/main/java/org/junit/platform/reporting/open/xml/OpenTestReportGeneratingListener.java#L183

I think this should be configurable in some way to exclude select git information or exclude it entirely.

PoC

  1. Clone a repo using a GitHub token as shown above.
  2. Enable the listener junit.platform.reporting.open.xml.enabled=true
  3. Observe report captures credentials

Impact

Depending on the level of access of the token, it can be nothing, limited, or everything.

If these test reports are published or stored anywhere public, then there is the possibility that a rouge attacker can steal the token and perform elevated actions by impersonating the user or app.

Resolution

JUnit 5.13.2 and later replace credentials in the URL with ***. Moreover, including any Git metadata in the XML output is now an opt-in feature that can be enabled via the new junit.platform.reporting.open.xml.git.enabled=true configuration parameter but is not included by default.

References

@marcphilipp marcphilipp published to junit-team/junit-framework Jul 1, 2025
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 1, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 1, 2025
Reviewed Jul 1, 2025
Last updated Jul 1, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(0th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2025-53103

GHSA ID

GHSA-m43g-m425-p68x

Credits

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