ghsa-v6w3-2prq-h95f
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Published
2021-10-06 17:48
Modified
2025-07-01 16:13
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
Improper Input Validation in Jakarta Expression Language
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "com.sun.el:el-ri"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.glassfish:jakarta.el"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.glassfish:javax.el"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "3.0.1-b12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-28170"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-917"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-10-06T13:31:54Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-05-26T22:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f",
  "modified": "2025-07-01T16:13:50Z",
  "published": "2021-10-06T17:48:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28170"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/el-ri/issues/155"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/el-ri/pull/160/commits/b6a3943ac5fba71cbc6719f092e319caa747855b"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/el-ri"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGGLASSFISH-1297098"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGGLASSFISH-2841368"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-021-jakarta-el"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Improper Input Validation in Jakarta Expression Language"
}


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