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CVE-2017-7536 — In Hibernate Validator 5

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

CVSS
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EPSS
0.10% (top 71.80%)
CWE
CWE-592
Published
2018-01-10T15:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T17:32:38.135Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat, Inc.hibernatevalidator — 5.2.x before 5.2.5 final, 5.3.x, 5.4.x

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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