CVE-2026-91145: Expression Injection (CVSS 7.1)

Description

Activiti through 7.1.0.M6 fails to validate hash-brace deferred expressions in process variables, allowing attackers to bypass expression filtering. Attackers can inject expressions beginning with #{ that are stored and later evaluated in the full Spring context when a mail task uses variable-backed body fields, enabling method invocation on application beans.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0024

Probability of exploitation

0.16%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-917 CWE-917

References

Other References

https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/blob/7.1.0.M6/activiti-core/activiti-api-impl/activiti-api-process-runtime-impl/src/main/java/org/activiti/runtime/api/impl/ExpressionResolver.java https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/blob/7.1.0.M6/activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/bpmn/behavior/MailActivityBehavior.java https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/issues/5438 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/activiti-through-7.1.0-m6-expression-injection-via-mail-task https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti/issues/5438

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-91145? +

Activiti through 7.1.0.M6 fails to validate hash-brace deferred expressions in process variables, allowing attackers to bypass expression filtering. Attackers can inject expressions beginning with #{ that are stored and later evaluated in the full Spring context when a mail task uses variable-backed body fields, enabling method invocation on application beans. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2026-91145? +

CVE-2026-91145 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching. The EPSS score is 0.0024, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-91145? +

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