Lightwell Security Advisory: esapi 2.3.0.0-rhlw-00005

{
  "id": "177a9ff8dbbfff9298f283aa2fe4a789871af75cb01e22f6c263dd9664ed9876",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RHLW-2026-cc6f4a613453615e",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Lightwell Security Advisory: esapi 2.3.0.0-rhlw-00005",
    "summary": "Red Hat Lightwell has released org.owasp.esapi:esapi 2.3.0.0-rhlw-00005 with a backported security fix. CVE-2025-5878: ESAPI esapi-java-legacy SQL Injection Defense Encoder.encodeForSQL special element This patched artifact is a drop-in replacement for org.owasp.esapi:esapi 2.3.0.0 from Maven Central.",
    "evidence": "osv:RHLW-2026-cc6f4a613453615e",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "org.owasp.esapi:esapi",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.3.0.0-rhlw-00005",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0GA",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0_rc10",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0_rc11",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0_rc9",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.1.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.1.0.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.0.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.0.0-RC2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.0.0-RC3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.1.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.1.0-RC1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.1.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.2.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.3.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.2.3.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.3.0.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "RHLW-2026-cc6f4a613453615e",
      "aliases": [
        "RHLW-2026-cc6f4a613453615e"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.3.0.0-rhlw-00005"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "org.owasp.esapi:esapi",
            "purl": "pkg:maven/org.owasp.esapi/esapi",
            "ecosystem": "Red Hat Lightwell:Maven"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.0.1",
            "2.0GA",
            "2.0_rc10",
            "2.0_rc11",
            "2.0_rc9",
            "2.1.0",
            "2.1.0.1",
            "2.2.0.0",
            "2.2.0.0-RC2",
            "2.2.0.0-RC3",
            "2.2.1.0",
            "2.2.1.0-RC1",
            "2.2.1.1",
            "2.2.2.0",
            "2.2.3.0",
            "2.2.3.1",
            "2.3.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/project-lightwell/lightwell-osv/blob/main/advisories/RHLW-2026-cc6f4a613453615e.json",
            "lightwell": {
              "repository_url": "https://packages.redhat.com/lightwell/java/remediated/",
              "remediated_version": "2.3.0.0-rhlw-00005",
              "backport_base_version": "2.3.0.0"
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-27T04:00:17.410759133Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2025-5878"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin13.pdf",
        "https://github.com/uglory-gll/javasec/blob/main/ESAPI.md",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/5xxx/CVE-2025-5878.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5878",
        "https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56",
        "https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512",
        "https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/releases/tag/esapi-2.7.0.0"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-5878",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 460144,
  "published_at": "2026-09-15T20:54:25+00:00"
}