CVE-2017-7536: red hat, inc. hibernate-validator DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-7536 is a high (CVSS 7.0) DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues vulnerability in red hat, inc. hibernate-validator. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11Timeline
- 10-01-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Hibernate Validator 5.2.x before 5.2.5 final, 5.3.x, and 5.4.x, it was found that when the security manager's reflective permissions, which allows it to access the private members of the class, are granted to Hibernate Validator, a potential privilege escalation can occur. By allowing the calling code to access those private members without the permission an attacker may be able to validate an invalid instance and access the private member value via ConstraintViolation#getInvalidValue().
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
42%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.48% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-592DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass IssuesThis weakness has been deprecated because it covered redundant concepts already described in CWE-287.
- CWE-470Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or CodeThe product uses external input with reflection to select which classes or code to use, but it does not sufficiently prevent the input from selecting improper classes or code.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat6 products
- hibernate_validator≥ 5.2.0, < 5.2.5 | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.6 | ≥ 5.4.0, < 5.4.2
- jboss_enterprise_application_platform6.0.0 | 6.4.0 | 7.0 | 7.1
- satellite6.4
- satellite_capsule6.4
- virtualization4.0
Debian1 product
- libhibernate-validator-java< 4.3.3-4
Org.hibernate1 product
- hibernate-validator≥ 5.2.0, < 5.2.5.Final | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.6.Final | ≥ 5.4.0, < 5.4.2.Final
Red hat, inc.1 product
- hibernate-validator5.2.x before 5.2.5 final | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.4.0 | ≥ 5.4.0, < 5.5.0
Ubuntu1 product
- libhibernate-validator-java< 4.3.3-4
5 vendors · 10 products
