What is CVE-2020-10693?

CVE-2020-10693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hibernate Hibernate-Validator, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-10693?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-10693 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Hibernate Hibernate-Validator

CVE-2020-10693

A flaw was found in Hibernate Validator version 6.1.2.Final. A bug in the message interpolation processor enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluated as if they were valid. This flaw allows attackers to bypass input sanitation (escaping, stripping) controls that developers may have put in place when handling user-controlled data in error messages.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2020-05-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.7th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hibernate Hibernate-Validator — versions 6.1.2.Final
IBM Websphere Application Server
Oracle Weblogic Server — versions 14.1.1.0.0
Quarkus
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Red Hat Hibernate Validator — versions 7.0.0
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform — versions 7.2.0, 7.3.0
Red Hat Satellite — versions 6.8
Red Hat Satellite Capsule — versions 6.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9c17c3efc4a376a96e9e2777eee6acf0bec28e2200e4b35d… (mailing-list)
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd418deda6f0ebe658c2015f43a14d03acb8b8c2c093c5bf6b… (mailing-list)
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb8dca19a4e52b60dab0ab21e2ff9968d78f4b84e4033824db… (mailing-list)
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10693?: CVE-2020-10693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hibernate Hibernate-Validator, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-10693?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10693 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.