CVE-2025-71098: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2025-71098 is a MODERATE (CVSS 5.5) security vulnerability vulnerability (CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The weakness occurs when the product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is null.. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2025-71098 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 5.5
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2025-71098
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Software dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:treeHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2025-71098, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:treeAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Software in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference, where the product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is null. In Software, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"details" : "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nip6_gre: make ip6gre_header() robust\n\nOver the years, syzbot found many ways to crash the kernel\nin ip6gre_header() [1].\n\nThis involves team or bonding drivers ability to dynamically\nchange their dev->needed_headroom and/or dev->hard_header_len\n\nIn this particular crash mld_newpack() allocated an skb\nwith a too small reserve/headroom, and by the time mld_sendpack()\nwas called, syzbot managed to attach an ip6gre device.\n\n[1]\nskbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8a1d69a8 len:136 put:40 head:ffff888059bc7000 data:ffff888059bc6fe8 tail:0x70 end:0x6c0 dev:team0\n------------[ cut here ]------------\n kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:213 !\n <TASK>\n skb_under_panic net/core/skbuff.c:223 [inline]\n skb_push+0xc3/0xe0 net/core/skbuff.c:2641\n ip6gre_header+0xc8/0x790 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:1371\n dev_hard_header include/linux/netdevice.h:3436 [inline]\n neigh_connected_output+0x286/0x460 net/core/neighbour.c:1618\n neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:556 [inline]\n ip6_finish_output2+0xfb3/0x1480 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:136\n __ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:-1 [inline]\n ip6_finish_output+0x234/0x7d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:220\n NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline]\n ip6_output+0x340/0x550 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:247\n NF_HOOK+0x9e/0x380 include/linux/netfilter.h:318\n mld_sendpack+0x8d4/0xe60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1855\n mld_send_cr net/ipv6/mcast.c:2154 [inline]\n mld_ifc_work+0x83e/0xd60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2693",
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