Using a correlation with an inverse assocation in a subquery will cause invalid SQL to be generated.
Consider the simple model

@Entity class Person {
  // other fields..
  @OneToMany(mappedBy = "author")
  Set<Article> articles;
}
@Entity class Article {
  // other fields..
  @ManyToOne
  Person author;
}

When querying like SELECT ... FROM Person p WHERE EXISTS (SELECT ... FROM p.articles) it will generate SQL like select ... from person person0_ where exists (select articles1_.id from left outer join article article2_ on articles1_.id=article2_.article_id where person0_.id=articles1_.author_id).