Code Injection in Dropwizard - CVE-2020-11002
Published: April 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27022
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11002
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Coda Hale
Affected software:
Dropwizard
Dropwizard
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the self-validating feature. A remote authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary Java EL expressions and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11002
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-hibernateconstraintvalidatorcontext
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/d5a512f7abf965275f2a6b913ac4fe778e424242
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3208
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3209
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/policy#reporting-a-vulnerability