CVE-2025-35036

03.06.2025, 20:15

Hibernate Validator before 6.2.0 and 7.0.0, by default and depending how it is used, may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language. This could allow an attacker to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary Java code. Hibernate Validator as of 6.2.0 and 7.0.0 no longer interpolates custom constraint violation messages with Expression Language and strongly recommends not allowing user-supplied input in constraint violation messages. CVE-2020-5245 and CVE-2025-4428 are examples of related, downstream vulnerabilities involving Expression Language intepolation of user-supplied data.

Code Injection

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	7.3 HIGH	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cisa-cg	CNA	7.3 HIGH	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA-ADP	ADP	---				---

Awaiting analysis

This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 19%

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

libhibernate-validator-java

plucky	needs-triage
oracular	needs-triage
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focal	needs-triage
bionic	needs-triage
xenial	needs-triage

libhibernate-validator4-java

plucky	needs-triage
oracular	needs-triage
noble	needs-triage
jammy	needs-triage

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References

https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/validator/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-hibernateconstraintvalidatorcontext

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/commit/05f795bb7cf18856004f40e5042709e550ed0d6e

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/commit/254858d9dcc4e7cd775d1b0f47f482218077c5e1

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/commit/d2db40b9e7d22c7a0b44d7665242dfc7b4d14d78

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/commit/e076293b0ee1bfa97b6e67d05ad9eee1ad77e893

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/compare/6.1.7.Final...6.2.0.Final

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator/pull/1138

https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HV-1816

https://hibernate.org/validator/documentation/migration-guide/#6-2-0-cr1

https://in.relation.to/2021/01/06/hibernate-validator-700-62-final-released/#expression-language

https://labs.watchtowr.com/expression-payloads-meet-mayhem-cve-2025-4427-and-cve-2025-4428/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5245

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4428