CVE-2020-10693: A flaw was found in Hibernate Validator version 6.1.2.Final.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 83.5% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (Maven) 6.1.5.Final, 6.0.20.Final; org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator (Maven) 6.1.5.Final, 6.0.20.Final; eap7-elytron-web (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6) 0:1.2.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (Maven) 6.1.5.Final, 6.0.20.Final; org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator (Maven) 6.1.5.Final, 6.0.20.Final; eap7-elytron-web (Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6) 0:1.2.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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.
- Published
- May 6, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.3% · 83th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-20
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.3%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.3
- CNA · redhat
- 5.3
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | hibernate validator | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hibernate_validator |
| redhat | jboss enterprise application platform | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform |
| redhat | enterprise linux | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux |
| redhat | satellite | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite |
| redhat | satellite capsule | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite_capsule |
| ibm | websphere application server | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server |
| quarkus | quarkus | cpe:2.3:a:quarkus:quarkus |
| oracle | weblogic server | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm websphere application server17.0.0.3 and later · up to 20.0.0.10 inclusive
- oracle weblogic server14.1.1.0.0
- quarkus quarkusup to 1.4.2 inclusive
- redhat hibernate validator5.0.0 and later · before 6.0.20
- redhat hibernate validator6.1.2 and later · before 6.1.5
- redhat hibernate validator7.0.0
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform7.2.0
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform7.3.0
- redhat satellite6.8
- redhat satellite capsule6.8
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Hibernate hibernate-validator
- 6.1.2.Finalaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libhibernate-validator-java | from 0 | — |
| Maven | org.hibernate:hibernate-validator | from 6.1.0.Final · before 6.1.5.Final | 6.1.5.Final |
| Maven | org.hibernate:hibernate-validator | before 6.0.20.Final | 6.0.20.Final |
| Maven | org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator | from 6.1.0.Final · before 6.1.5.Final | 6.1.5.Final |
| Maven | org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator | before 6.0.20.Final | 6.0.20.Final |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-elytron-web | before 0:1.2.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:1.2.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-glassfish-jsf | before 0:2.3.5-13.SP3_redhat_00011.1.el6eap | 0:2.3.5-13.SP3_redhat_00011.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-hal-console | before 0:3.0.23-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:3.0.23-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jackson-databind | before 0:2.9.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:2.9.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-jsf-api_2.3_spec | before 0:2.3.5-7.SP2_redhat_00005.1.el6eap | 0:2.3.5-7.SP2_redhat_00005.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-modules | before 0:1.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap | 0:1.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-cli | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-core | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap6.4 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap6.4-to-eap7.2 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.0 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.0-to-eap7.2 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.1 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.1-to-eap7.2 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.2 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly10.0 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly10.0-to-eap7.2 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2::el6 | eap7-jboss-server-migration-wildfly10.1 | before 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap | 0:1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap |
+96
Same product
redhat: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2025-35036hibernate-validator insecure default Expression Language interpolation27Monitor
- CVE-2019-10219A vulnerability was found in Hibernate-Validator.25Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2014-3558Sep 30, 2014 · ReflectionHelper (org.hibernate.validator.util.ReflectionHelper) in Hibernate Validator 4.1.0 before 4.2.1, 4.3.x before 4.3.2, and 5.x befo21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.hibernate:hibernate-validator | 6.0.20.Final | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.hibernate:hibernate-validator | 6.1.5.Final | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator | 6.0.20.Final | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator | 6.1.5.Final | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-dom4j | 0:2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-elytron-web | 0:1.6.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-glassfish-jsf | 0:2.3.9-11.SP11_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-hal-console | 0:3.2.9-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-hibernate | 0:5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-hibernate-core | 0:5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-hibernate-entitymanager | 0:5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-hibernate-envers | 0:5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-hibernate-java8 | 0:5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-hibernate-validator | 0:6.0.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-hibernate-validator-cdi | 0:6.0.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-infinispan | 0:9.4.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-20-685 · Sep 8, 2020(Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Sunucu Güvenlik Güncellemesi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-20 · Improper Input ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- Cross Zone ScriptingCAPEC-104likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or InformationT1027
- Masquerading: Invalid Code SignatureT1036.001
- Steal Web Session CookieT1539
- Subvert Trust Controls: Code SigningT1553.002
- Impair Defenses:Impair Command History LoggingT1562.003
- Hijack Execution Flow:Dynamic Linker HijackingT1574.006
- Hijack Execution Flow:Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb8dca19a4e52b60dab0ab21e2ff9968d78f4b84e4033824db1dd24b4%40%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd418deda6f0ebe658c2015f43a14d03acb8b8c2c093c5bf6b880cd7c%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9c17c3efc4a376a96e9e2777eee6acf0bec28e2200e4b35da62de4a%40%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.