FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to block the…

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to block the slf4j-ext class from polymorphic deserialization.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

12.7% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-502 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-502 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindGHSA-645p-88qh-w398 (opens in a new tab)

References (35)

• [debian-lts-announce] 20190304 [SECURITY] [DLA 1703-1] jackson-databind security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [lucene-dev] 20190325 [jira] [Assigned] (SOLR-13112) CVE-2018-14718(-14719),sonatype-2017-0312, CVE-2018-14720(-14721) Threat Level 8 Against Solr v7.6. com.fasterxml.jackson.core : jackson-databind : 2.9.6. FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 Remote Hackers... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [lucene-dev] 20190325 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-13112) CVE-2018-14718(-14719),sonatype-2017-0312, CVE-2018-14720(-14721) Threat Level 8 Against Solr v7.6. com.fasterxml.jackson.core : jackson-databind : 2.9.6. FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 Remote Hackers... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [lucene-dev] 20190325 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-13112) CVE-2018-14718(-14719),sonatype-2017-0312, CVE-2018-14720(-14721) Threat Level 8 Against Solr v7.6. com.fasterxml.jackson.core : jackson-databind : 2.9.6. FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 Remote Hackers... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:0782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 106601 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:0877 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHBA-2019:0959 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-4452 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20190527 [SECURITY] [DSA 4452-1] jackson-databind security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:1782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:1797 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:1822 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:1823 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:2804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:2858 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3149 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:3892 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:4037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [druid-commits] 20210324 [GitHub] [druid] jihoonson opened a new pull request #11030: Suppress cves (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-645p-88qh-w398 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 8 Oct 2026, 21:03 UTC.