Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-35036

Hibernate Validator before 6.2.0 and 7.0.0, by default and depending how it is used, may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language.

Published Jun 3, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 5, 2025 · Hibernate Hibernate Validator

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-35036. EPSS is 0.75%. Act only if a listed version of Hibernate Hibernate Validator is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.75%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Hibernate Hibernate Validator 0 <7.0.0

Hibernate Validator before 6.2.0 and 7.0.0, by default and depending how it is used, may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language. This could allow an attacker to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary Java code. Hibernate Validator as of 6.2.0 and 7.0.0 no longer interpolates custom constraint violation messages with Expression Language and strongly recommends not allowing user-supplied input in constraint violation messages. CVE-2020-5245 and CVE-2025-4428 are examples of related, downstream vulnerabilities involving Expression Lan

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  • vendor Hibernate Hibernate Validator 0 <7.0.00 <7.0.0

How to fix CVE-2025-35036

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-35036. EPSS is 0.75%. Act only if a listed version of Hibernate Hibernate Validator is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Hibernate Hibernate Validator 0 <7.0.0 0 <7.0.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.75%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 3, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Hibernate Validator before 6.2.0 and 7.0.0, by default and depending how it is used, may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language. This could allow an attacker to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary Java code. Hibernate Validator as of 6.2.0 and 7.0.0 no longer interpolates custom constraint violation messages with Expression Language

  2. Jun 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Hibernate Validator before 6.2.0 and 7.0.0, by default and depending how it is used, may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language. This could allow an attacker to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary Java code. Hibernate Validator as of 6.2.0 and 7.0.0 no longer interpolates custom constraint violation messages with Expression Language

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-35036

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-35036

    30-day exploitation probability 0.7%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16774

    Hibernate Validator before 6.2.0 and 7.0.0, by default and depending how it is used, may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language. This could allow an attacker to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary Java code. Hibern

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.