Gradle up to 9.2.x code download

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Gradle up to 9.2.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to code download. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-22865. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Gradle up to 9.2.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code download vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-494. The product downloads source code or an executable from a remote location and executes the code without sufficiently verifying the origin and integrity of the code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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. An exception like NoHttpResponseException can indicate transient errors. If the errors persist after a maximum number of retries, Gradle would continue to the next repository. This behavior could allow an attacker to disrupt the service of a repository and leverage another repository to serve malicious artifacts. This attack requires the attacker to have control over a repository after the disrupted repository. Gradle has introduced a change in behavior in Gradle 9.3.0 to stop searching other repositories when encountering these errors.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-22865 since 01/12/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1495.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 291302 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-22865), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (291302). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Gradle

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• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2

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• Product: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/

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