CVE-2025-35036: Hibernate Validator may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language

CVE-2025-35036 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-06-03

Hibernate Validator may interpolate user-supplied input in a constraint violation message with Expression Language

Technologies: org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (Maven), org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-35036 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-35036 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-35036?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 3 June 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.2.0.CR1; org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.2.0.CR1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-35036?
Yes. org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (Maven): upgrade to 6.2.0.CR1 or later; org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator (Maven): upgrade to 6.2.0.CR1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-35036?
Check whether you run org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (Maven) or org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (Maven): upgrade to 6.2.0.CR1 or later
    # set org.hibernate:hibernate-validator to 6.2.0.CR1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator (Maven): upgrade to 6.2.0.CR1 or later
    # set org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator to 6.2.0.CR1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.hibernate:hibernate-validator (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.2.0.CR1
  • org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.2.0.CR1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-35036
  • GHSA-7v6m-28jr-rg84

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