Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| dropwizard | dropwizard-validation | >= 1.3.0, < 1.3.19, >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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LycsHub/CVE-2020-5245 ★ 0 · Feb 17, 2023
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation | >= 1.3.0-rc1, < 1.3.19 | 1.3.19 | GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf |
| Maven | io.dropwizard:dropwizard-validation | >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2 | 2.0.2 | GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf |
References
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3157
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3160
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/28479f743a9d0aab6d0e963fc07f3dd98e8c8236
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/d87d1e4f8e20f6494c0232bf8560c961b46db634
- 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