CVE-2019-10219

A vulnerability was found in Hibernate-Validator. The SafeHtml validator annotation fails to properly sanitize payloads consisting of potentially malicious code in HTML comments and instructions. This vulnerability can result in an XSS attack.

What this means for your business

It affects Redhat Hibernate Validator. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.

What to do

1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Redhat Hibernate Validator, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.

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Scoring

CVSS: 6.1 (v3.1)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Assigned by: secalert@redhat.com

Dates

Published: 2019-11-08
Last modified: 2026-08-25
Sources: NVD

Affected products

Redhat Hibernate Validator- 6.0.18, 6.1.0
Redhat Fuse1.0
Redhat Jboss Data Gridall versions
Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platformall versions, 7.2, 7.3
Redhat Openshift Application Runtimesall versions
Redhat Single Sign-Onall versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux6.0
Netapp Active Iq Unified Managerall versions
Netapp Management Services For Element Software And Netapp Hciall versions
Netapp Snapcenter Plug-Inall versions
Netapp Elementall versions
Oracle Access Manager11.1.2.3.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.