What is GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f?

GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper Input Validation in Jakarta Expression Language

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f cover?

GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-28170. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f?

GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f?

GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f affects 3 products, including: maven/com.sun.el:el-ri:\u003c 3.0.4; maven/org.glassfish:jakarta.el:\u003c 3.0.4; maven/org.glassfish:javax.el:\u003c= 3.0.1-b12.

GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95fMediumCVSS 5.3

Improper Input Validation in Jakarta Expression Language

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 6, 2021

Last Modified

July 1, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-28170 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products3

maven/com.sun.el:el-ri:< 3.0.4
maven/org.glassfish:jakarta.el:< 3.0.4
maven/org.glassfish:javax.el:<= 3.0.1-b12

🔗 References (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28170
https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/el-ri/issues/155
https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/el-ri/pull/160/commits/b6a3943ac5fba71cbc6719f092e319caa747855b
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGGLASSFISH-1297098
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGGLASSFISH-2841368
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-021-jakarta-el
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6w3-2prq-h95f