GHSA-xxgp-pcfc-3vgc · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Privilege Escalation in Hibernate Validator
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().
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-7536 is rated Moderate Risk (41.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.07% | 0.48% | +0.42% |
| 2 | 2025-06-06 | 0.05% | 0.07% | +0.02% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.0 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 4.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.4 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-xxgp-pcfc-3vgc · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Privilege Escalation in Hibernate Validator
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2017-7536 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libhibernate-validator-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7536 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7536 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2017-7536 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libhibernate-validator-java), 7 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 3, ignored 2, DNE 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7536 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | hibernate_validator | >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hibernate_validator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | hibernate_validator | >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.6 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hibernate_validator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | hibernate_validator | >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hibernate_validator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | satellite | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | satellite_capsule | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 6.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 6.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | virtualization | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | virtualization_host | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |