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jackson-databind vulnerable to deserialization flaw leading to unauthenticated remote code execution

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 18, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 15, 2024

Package

maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.4
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.11
>= 2.0.0, < 2.6.7.3
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.9.2

Patched versions

2.9.4
2.8.11
2.6.7.3
2.7.9.2

Description

jackson-databind in versions prior to 2.8.11 and 2.9.4 contain a deserialization flaw which allows an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending maliciously crafted input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper. This issue extends the previous flaw CVE-2017-7525, blacklisting additonal vulnerable classes.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 6, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 18, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Mar 15, 2024

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2017-15095

GHSA ID

GHSA-h592-38cm-4ggp

Credits

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