An issue was discovered in chinabugotech hutool before 5.8.4 allowing attackers to…
Priority HIGH 70CWE-77Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-77.
Summary
An issue was discovered in chinabugotech hutool before 5.8.4 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary expressions that lead to arbitrary method invocation and potentially remote code execution (RCE) via the QLExpressEngine class.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0034 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed cn.hutool:hutool-extra (Maven): 5.8.40
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | cn.hutool:hutool-extra (Maven) | before 5.8.40 | 5.8.40 | Patch available | GHSA-gcfh-36x4-mgj6 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- cn.hutool:hutool-extra (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 5.8.40 Fixed in 5.8.40 Patch available GHSA-gcfh-36x4-mgj6
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-gcfh-36x4-mgj6 cn.hutool:hutool-extra (Maven) Fixed in 5.8.40 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-56769
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gcfh-36x4-mgj6
References
More Hutool vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-22548 hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component jsonObject.putByPath. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-22547 hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component jsonArray. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-09904 Deserialization vulnerability in Dromara Hutool v5.8.11 allows attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-22549 hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component JSONUtil.parse(). CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-22552 A stack overflow in the org.json.JSONTokener.nextValue::JSONTokener.java component of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-22551 hutool-json v5.8.10 was discovered to contain an out of memory error. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-56769 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-56769 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gcfh-36x4-mgj6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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