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CVE-2020-5245

Dropwizard-Validation before 1.3.19, and 2.0.2 may allow arbitrary code execution on the host system, with the privilege

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.9 EPSS 0.06001
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

3
dropwizard validation< 1.3.19
dropwizard validation>= 2.0.0 and < 2.0.2
oracle blockchain platform< 21.1.2
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation HIGH fixed in 1.3.19
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocgithub.com · GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqfgithub.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.9
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security-advisories@github.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD24 Feb 2020 · 06:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
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Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

4
rhsaRHSA-2025:10926Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:10925Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:10924Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:10931Important
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://beanvalidation.org/2.0/spec/#validationapi-message-defaultmessageinterpolationThird Party Advisory
https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-interpolation-with-message-expressionsThird Party Advisory
https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/jsf-el.htmThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/28479f743a9d0aab6d0e963fc07f3dd98e8c8236
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/d87d1e4f8e20f6494c0232bf8560c961b46db634PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3157PatchThird Party Advisory
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