Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in dropwizard-validation
Priority HIGH 73CWE-74Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03053 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed dropwizard-validation (dropwizard): 1.3.19, 2.0.2io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven): 1.3.19, 2.0.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dropwizard | dropwizard-validation | 1.3.0 to before 1.3.19; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 | 1.3.19, 2.0.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) | 1.3.0-rc1 to before 1.3.19 | 1.3.19 | Patch available | GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf |
| — | io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) | 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 | 2.0.2 | Patch available | GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf |
- dropwizard-validation Vendordropwizard Affected 1.3.0 to before 1.3.19; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 Fixed in 1.3.19, 2.0.2 Patch available CNA
- io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.3.0-rc1 to before 1.3.19 Fixed in 1.3.19 Patch available GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf
- io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 Fixed in 2.0.2 Patch available GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:dropwizard:dropwizard_validation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.3.19; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 | Vulnerable | dropwizard |
| cpe:2.3:a:oracle:blockchain_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 21.1.2 | Vulnerable | Oracle |
- cpe:2.3:a:dropwizard:dropwizard_validation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.3.19; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·dropwizard
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:blockchain_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 21.1.2 Vulnerable ·Oracle
Remediation
- Fix · CNA dropwizard-validation (dropwizard) Fixed in 1.3.19, 2.0.2
- Fix · GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.19 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) Fixed in 2.0.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5245
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf
References
Patch 3
Advisory 4
- https://beanvalidation.org/2.0/spec/#validationapi-message-defaultmessageinterpolation
- https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-interpolation-with-message-expressions
- https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/jsf-el.htm
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5245
More Dropwizard Validation vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-08876 Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in dropwizard-validation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-5245 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-5245 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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