In Hibernate Validator 5.2.x before 5.2.5 final, 5.3.x, and 5.4.x, it was found that when the security manager's reflective permissions, which allows it to access the private members of the class, are granted to Hibernate Validator, a potential privilege escalation can occur. By allowing the calling code to access those private members without the permission an attacker may be able to validate an invalid instance and access the private member value via ConstraintViolation#getInvalidValue().
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.0, requiring local system access to exploit but requires specific conditions to be met without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 7 products from redhat, from redhat, from redhat and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
First disclosed in 2018, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.
2018-01-10T15:29:00.283
2024-11-21T03:32:06.403
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.0 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.4
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | redhat | hibernate_validator | < 5.2.5 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | hibernate_validator | < 5.3.6 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | hibernate_validator | < 5.4.2 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | satellite | 6.4 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | satellite_capsule | 6.4 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 6.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 6.4.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 5.0 | No |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 | No |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 | No |
| Application | redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 7.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 7.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 | No |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 | No |
| Application | redhat | virtualization | 4.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | virtualization_host | 4.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 | No |
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