TI-2020-08876 Aliases CVE-2020-11002 GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34

Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in dropwizard-validation

MEDIUM 46CWE-74Published 2020-04-10 · Updated 2024-08-04

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 versions 2.0.3 and 1.3.21 has a remote code execution vulnerability. A server-side template injection was identified in the self-validating feature enabling attackers to inject arbitrary Java EL expressions, leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. If you are using a self-validating bean an upgrade to Dropwizard 1.3.21/2.0.3 or later is strongly recommended. The changes introduced in Dropwizard 1.3.19 and 2.0.2 for CVE-2020-5245 unfortunately did not fix the underlying issue completely. The issue has been fixed in dropwizard-validation 1.3.21 and 2.0.3 or later. We strongly recommend upgrading to one of these versions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05175 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed dropwizard (dropwizard): 1.3.21, 2.0.3io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven): 1.3.21, 2.0.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
dropwizard	dropwizard	before 1.3.21; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.3	1.3.21, 2.0.3	Patch available	CNA
—	io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven)	before 1.3.21	1.3.21	Patch available	GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34
—	io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven)	2.0.0 to before 2.0.3	2.0.3	Patch available	GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34

dropwizard Vendordropwizard Affected before 1.3.21; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.3 Fixed in 1.3.21, 2.0.3 Patch available CNA
io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.21 Fixed in 1.3.21 Patch available GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34
io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.0.3 Fixed in 2.0.3 Patch available GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:dropwizard:dropwizard_validation::::::::	before 1.3.21; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.3	Vulnerable	dropwizard

cpe:2.3:a:dropwizard:dropwizard_validation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.3.21; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.3 Vulnerable ·dropwizard

Remediation

Fix · CNA dropwizard (dropwizard) Fixed in 1.3.21, 2.0.3
Fix · GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34 io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.21 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34 io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation (Maven) Fixed in 2.0.3 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-11002
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34

References

Exploit 1

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

Patch 3

Advisory 4

TI-2020-04301 Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in dropwizard-validation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

Sources

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