CVE-2020-5245

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Dropwizard-Validation before 1.3.19, and 2.0.2 may allow arbitrary code execution on the host system, with the privileges of the Dropwizard service account, by injecting arbitrary Java Expression Language expressions when using the self-validating feature.

The issue has been fixed in dropwizard-validation 1.3.19 and 2.0.2.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 24, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-5245: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix