Description
Gradle is a build automation tool, and its native-platform tool provides Java bindings for native APIs. When resolving dependencies in versions before 9.3.0, some exceptions were not treated as fatal errors and would not cause a repository to be disabled. If a build encountered one of these exceptions, Gradle would continue to the next repository in the list and potentially resolve dependencies from a different repository. If a Gradle build used an unresolvable host name, Gradle would continue to work as long as all dependencies could be resolved from another repository. An unresolvable host name could be caused by allowing a repository's domain name registration to lapse or typo-ing the real domain name. This behavior could allow an attacker to register a service under the host name used by the build and serve malicious artifacts. The attack requires the repository to be listed before others in the build configuration. Gradle has introduced a change in behavior in Gradle 9.3.0 to stop searching other repositories when encountering these errors.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gradle | gradle | < 9.3.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | gradle | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | gradle | 8.14.4-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | gradle | 8.14.4-r0 | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | gradle-8 | 8.14.4-r0 | — |