CVE-2026-42049 jadx: RCE Via Groovy Code Injection in Gradle Export

jadx is a Dex to Java decompiler. Prior to 1.5.6, jadx inserts the android:versionName value from an AndroidManifest into the generated app/build.gradle Groovy template without proper sanitization when exporting a decompiled APK as an Android Gradle project. A malicious APK can break out of the...

CVE-2026-42049 jadx: RCE Via Groovy Code Injection in Gradle Export

jadx is a Dex to Java decompiler. Prior to 1.5.6, jadx inserts the android:versionName value from an AndroidManifest into the generated app/build.gradle Groovy template without proper sanitization when exporting a decompiled APK as an Android Gradle project. A malicious APK can break out of the...

CVE-2026-42049

CVE-2026-42049 affects jadx (Dex to Java decompiler). Before 1.5.6, exporting a decompiled APK as an Android Gradle project could cause the android:versionName from the manifest to be inserted into the generated app/build.gradle Groovy template without proper sanitization, enabling opening or bui...

in skylot/jadx

Description parseXml function in ExportGradleProject is not secured against XXE because it does not include the disallow-doctype-decl attribute, therefore JADX is vulnerable to XXE when parsing a malicious Android Manifest when exporting Android app to Gradle. In...