Vulnerabilities / CVE-2026-42555

critical

CVE-2026-42555

Valtimo has SpEL injection via StandardEvaluationContext that allows Remote Code Execution by admin users

Published Modified CWE 94
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

GHSA9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by GHSA.

Description

Valtimo is an open-source business process automation platform. com.ritense.valtimo:document from 12.0.0 to before 12.32.0, com.ritense.valtimo:case from 13.0.0 to before 13.23.0, and com.ritense.valtimo:contract from 13.4.0 to before 13.23.0 evaluate Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions from user-supplied input using StandardEvaluationContext, which provides unrestricted access to Java types and methods. An authenticated user with the ADMIN role can achieve Remote Code Execution and credential exfiltration. This vulnerability is fixed in com.ritense.valtimo:document 2.32.0, com.ritense.valtimo:case 13.23.0, and com.ritense.valtimo:contract 13.23.0.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavencom.ritense.valtimo:case, com.ritense.valtimo:contract, com.ritense.valtimo:document13.23.0 and 1 more
Show all 3 entries from 1 source
SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavencom.ritense.valtimo:case13.23.0
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavencom.ritense.valtimo:contract13.23.0
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavencom.ritense.valtimo:document12.32.0

References

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