CVE-2017-7536

CVE-2017-7536 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Hibernate Validator versions 5.2.x before 5.2.5 final, 5.3.x, and 5.4.x, affecting various Red Hat products including Enterprise Linux and JBoss EAP. When the security manager grants reflective permissions to Hibernate Validator, an attacker could bypass intended access restrictions to private class members, potentially validating invalid instances and accessing sensitive data. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity and low privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.