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CVE-2020-10693 Hibernate Validator

Affected softwareHibernate Validator
Severity5.3 Medium CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Fixed in6.1.5.Final, 6.0.20.Final
WeaknessImproper input validation (CWE-20)
Published6 May 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.4% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to No source fix or exploit.

CVSS

5.3 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N secalert@redhat.com Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 5.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N NVD Primary
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q2 Oracle Fusion Middleware / Core (JBoss Enterprise Application Platform) (14.1.1.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q1 Oracle Fusion Middleware / Third Party Patch (Hibernate Validator) (12.2.1.4.0)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Fusion Middleware Core (JBoss Enterprise Application Platform) 14.1.1.0.0 14.1.1.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware Third Party Patch (Hibernate Validator) 12.2.1.4.0 12.2.1.4.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator 6.1.0.Final 6.1.5.Final unbounded
org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator 0 6.0.20.Final unbounded
org.hibernate:hibernate-validator 6.1.0.Final 6.1.5.Final unbounded
org.hibernate:hibernate-validator 0 6.0.20.Final unbounded

Products and versions

9 products, 14 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd ibm websphere application server generic ≥ 17.0.0.3 and ≤ 20.0.0.10
nvd oracle weblogic server generic 14.1.1.0.0
osv org.hibernate hibernate-validator generic < 6.0.20 · ≥ 6.1.0 and < 6.1.5
osv org.hibernate.validator hibernate-validator generic < 6.0.20 · ≥ 6.1.0 and < 6.1.5
nvd quarkus quarkus generic ≤ 1.4.2
nvd redhat hibernate validator generic ≥ 5.0.0 and < 6.0.20 · ≥ 6.1.2 and < 6.1.5 · 7.0.0:alpha1
nvd redhat jboss enterprise application platform generic 7.2.0 · 7.3.0
nvd redhat satellite generic 6.8
nvd redhat satellite capsule generic 6.8

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10693 WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb8dca19a4e52b60dab0ab21e2ff9968d78f4b84e4033824db1dd24b4@%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd418deda6f0ebe658c2015f43a14d03acb8b8c2c093c5bf6b880cd7c@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9c17c3efc4a376a96e9e2777eee6acf0bec28e2200e4b35da62de4a@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E WEB
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6348216 WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb8dca19a4e52b60dab0ab21e2ff9968d78f4b84e4033824db1dd24b4%40%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd418deda6f0ebe658c2015f43a14d03acb8b8c2c093c5bf6b880cd7c%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9c17c3efc4a376a96e9e2777eee6acf0bec28e2200e4b35da62de4a%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E

Timeline

Published2020-05-06By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.