Description
A flaw was found in hibernate-validator's 'isValid' method in the org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.SafeHtmlValidator class, which can be bypassed by omitting the tag ending in a less-than character. Browsers may render an invalid html, allowing HTML injection or Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | A-MQ Clients 2 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Cryostat 2 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat A-MQ Online | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat CodeReady Studio 12 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Data Grid 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Decision Manager 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Fuse 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Continuous Delivery | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Process Automation 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat support for Spring Boot | — | — |
| Red Hat | streams for Apache Kafka | — | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | libhibernate-validator-java | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.hibernate:hibernate-validator | < 6.2.0.Final | 6.2.0.Final | GHSA-x83m-pf6f-pf9g |
| Maven | org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator | < 6.2.0.Final | 6.2.0.Final | GHSA-x83m-pf6f-pf9g |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1932 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#1809444 issue-tracking