#VU118675 Code Injection in Hibernate Validator - CVE-2025-35036
Published: November 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118675
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-35036
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Hibernate Validator
Hibernate Validator
Software vendor:
Hibernate Team
Hibernate Team
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- 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