Description
dropwizard-validation before versions 2.0.3 and 1.3.21 has a remote code execution vulnerability. A server-side template injection was identified in the self-validating feature enabling attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. If you are using a self-validating bean an upgrade to Dropwizard 1.3.21/2.0.3 or later is strongly recommended. The changes introduced in Dropwizard 1.3.19 and 2.0.2 for CVE-2020-5245 unfortunately did not fix the underlying issue completely. The issue has been fixed in dropwizard-validation 1.3.21 and 2.0.3 or later. We strongly recommend upgrading to one of these versions.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3208
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3209
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-hibernateconstraintvalidatorcontext
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/policy#reporting-a-vulnerability
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/d5a512f7abf965275f2a6b913ac4fe778e424242
Scores
CVSS v3
8.0
EPSS
0.0517
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-74
Status
published
Products (2)
dropwizard/dropwizard_validation
< 1.3.21
io.dropwizard/dropwizard-validation
0 - 1.3.21Maven
Published
Apr 10, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026