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1 vulnerability found for Hibernate Validator by IBM
CVE-2026-93879 (GCVE-0-2026-93879)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-08 18:47 – Updated: 2026-11-09 14:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Hibernate Validator is affected by an expression language injection vulnerability
Summary
Hibernate Validator could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption resulting from improper escaping of user-controlled data in Expression Language (EL) expressions.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-11-09 14:10 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
ibm
CNA
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7293301 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Hibernate Validator |
Affected:
5.4.1.Final , ≤ 6.2.5.Final
(semver)
Affected: 7.0.0.Alpha1 , ≤ 7.0.5.Final (semver) Affected: 8.0.0.Alpha1 , ≤ 8.0.5.Final (semver) Affected: 9.0.0.Beta2 , ≤ 9.0.1.Final (semver) Affected: 9.1.0.Alpha1 , ≤ 9.1.4.Final (semver) cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:5.4.1.final:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:6.2.5.final:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:7.0.0.alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:7.0.5.final:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:8.0.0.alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:8.0.5.final:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:9.0.0.beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:9.0.1.final:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:9.1.0.alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hibernate_validator:9.1.4.final:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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