SB2025112119 - Code Injection in Hibernate Validator

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-35036)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to Hibernate Validator by default and depending how it is used, may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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