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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-93879 EUVD-2026-119739

Hibernate Validator is affected by an expression language injection vulnerability

Published Nov 8, 2026 · Updated Nov 9, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

Description

Hibernate Validator could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption resulting from improper escaping of user-controlled data in Expression Language (EL) expressions.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
IBM Hibernate Validator 5.4.1.Final – ≤ 6.2.5.Final, 7.0.0.Alpha1 – ≤ 7.0.5.Final, 8.0.0.Alpha1 – ≤ 8.0.5.Final, 9.0.0.Beta2 – ≤ 9.0.1.Final, 9.1.0.Alpha1 – ≤ 9.1.4.Final —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libhibernate-validator-java +1 No fix yet —
Debian 13 libhibernate-validator-java +1 No fix yet —
Debian 12 libhibernate-validator-java +1 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libhibernate-validator-java +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libhibernate-validator-java +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libhibernate-validator-java +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libhibernate-validator-java +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libhibernate-validator-java +1 No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libhibernate-validator-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libhibernate-validator-java No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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