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medium 5.3

CVE-2020-10693 json

Improper Input Validation in Hibernate Validator

published 2020-05-06 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-rmrm-75hp-phr2 , EUVD-2021-1400

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Hibernate Validator version 6.1.2.Final. A bug in the message interpolation processor enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluated as if they were valid. This flaw allows attackers to bypass input sanitation (escaping, stripping) controls that developers may have put in place when handling user-controlled data in error messages.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator 6.0.20.Final, 6.1.5.Final
  • maven org.hibernate:hibernate-validator 6.0.20.Final, 6.1.5.Final
  • redhat hibernate_validator 6.0.20, 6.1.5
  • tfm satellite capsule 6.8, satellite 6.8 6.1-1.el7sat
  • kobo satellite capsule 6.8, satellite 6.8 0.5.1-1.el7sat
  • pulp satellite capsule 6.8, satellite 6.8 2.21.3-1.el7sat
  • gofer satellite capsule 6.8, satellite 6.8 2.12.5-7.el7sat
  • future satellite capsule 6.8, satellite 6.8 0.16.0-11.el7sat
  • ostree satellite capsule 6.8, satellite 6.8 2017.1-2.atomic.el7
  • foreman satellite capsule 6.8, satellite 6.8 2.1.2.19-1.el7sat
  • katello satellite capsule 6.8, satellite 6.8 3.16.0-1.el7sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4366RHSA-2020:3639RHSA-2020:3638RHSA-2020:3637RHSA-2020:3463RHSA-2020:3462

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-10693 updated cvss 5.3

hibernate-validator: Improper input validation in the interpolation of constraint error messages

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 hibernate-validator Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 hibernate-validator Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 hibernate-validator Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 hibernate-validator Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 hibernate-validator Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 hibernate-validator
    +4 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 hibernate-validator Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 hibernate-validator Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 hibernate-validator Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 hibernate-validator
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes hibernate-validator
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat support for Spring Boot hibernate-validator
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus 1.7.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4252
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:3140
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el6eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-weld-ejb 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el6eap, eap7-weld-jta 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el6eap, +83 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3637
show 13 more
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-weld-ejb 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el7eap, eap7-weld-jta 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el7eap, +85 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3638
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 8 eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-weld-ejb 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el8eap, eap7-weld-jta 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el8eap, +83 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3639
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for BaseOS-8 eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.2-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-netty 4.1.48-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +75 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3463
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.2-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-netty 4.1.48-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +75 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3461
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.2-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-netty 4.1.48-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +77 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3462
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3464
  • Red Hat Runtimes Spring Boot 2.2.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3806
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.8 tfm 6.1-1.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, pulp 2.21.3-1.el7sat, gofer 2.12.5-7.el7sat, receptor 0.6.3-1.el7ar, future 0.16.0-11.el7sat, +488 more Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.8 tfm 6.1-1.el7sat, kobo 0.5.1-1.el7sat, pulp 2.21.3-1.el7sat, gofer 2.12.5-7.el7sat, future 0.16.0-11.el7sat, katello 3.16.0-1.el7sat, +232 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4366
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3501
  • Red Hat RHDM 7.9.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4960
  • Red Hat RHPAM 7.9.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4961
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3539
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 hibernate-validator
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator
>=6.1.0.Final, <6.1.5.Final
<6.0.20.Final
6.1.5.Final
6.0.20.Final
maven org.hibernate:hibernate-validator
>=6.1.0.Final, <6.1.5.Final
<6.0.20.Final
6.1.5.Final
6.0.20.Final

Affected products

  • Hibernate hibernate-validator

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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