CVE-2021-28170 (GCVE-0-2021-28170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-26 21:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 21:40
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Summary
In the Jakarta Expression Language implementation 3.0.3 and earlier, a bug in the ELParserTokenManager enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluated as if they were valid.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Eclipse Foundation Jakarta Expression Language Implementation Affected: unspecified , ≤ 3.0.3 (custom)
Unknown: next of 3.0.3 , < unspecified (custom)
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