SB2020042006 - Remote code execution in Dropwizard-Validation
Published: April 20, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020042006
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11002)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the self-validating feature. A remote authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary Java EL expressions and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/6.1/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-hibernateconstraintvalidatorcontext
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/commit/d5a512f7abf965275f2a6b913ac4fe778e424242
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3208
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/pull/3209
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-3mcp-9wr4-cjqf
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/advisories/GHSA-8jpx-m2wh-2v34
- https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/security/policy#reporting-a-vulnerability