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CVE-2020-5245

Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in dropwizard-validation

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: February 24, 2020 at 05:35 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsBlockchain PlatformDropwizard Validation

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

SSVC

PoC

Description

Dropwizard-Validation before 1.3.19, and 2.0.2 may allow arbitrary code execution on the host system, with the privileges of the Dropwizard service account, by injecting arbitrary Java Expression Language expressions when using the self-validating feature. The issue has been fixed in dropwizard-validation 1.3.19 and 2.0.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Dropwizard Validation · Dropwizard

95%

v < 1.3.19v < 2.0.22.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.2

Affected range stops below 1.3.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Blockchain Platform · Oracledrupal

95%

v < 21.1.2

Affected range stops below 21.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://beanvalidation.org/2.0/spec/#validationapi-message-defaultmessageinterpolation

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-interpolation-with-message-expressions

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/jsf-el.htm

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/28479f743a9d0aab6d0e963fc07f3dd98e8c8236

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/d87d1e4f8e20f6494c0232bf8560c961b46db634

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3157

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3160

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-74

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