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libhibernate-validator-java — security advisory
A flaw was found in Hibernate Validator version 6.1.2.Final. A bug in the message interpolation processor enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluated as if they were valid. This flaw allows attackers to bypass input sanitation (escaping, stripping) controls that developers may have put in place when handling user-controlled data in error messages.
- Products
- libhibernate-validator-java
- Affected versions
- 4.2.1-2, 4.3.3-2, 4.3.3-3, 4.3.3-4, 4.3.4-1, 4.3.4-1~18.04.1, 5.3.6-1, 5.3.6-2, 5.3.6-3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-10693
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in Hibernate Validator version 6.1.2.Final. A bug in the message interpolation processor enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluated as if they were valid. This flaw allows attackers to bypass input sanitation (escaping, stripping) controls that developers may have put in place when handling user-controlled data in error messages.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10693
libhibernate-validator-java
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libhibernate-validator-java
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libhibernate-validator-java
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libhibernate-validator-java
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libhibernate-validator-java
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libhibernate-validator-java
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Complete source record
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