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CVE-2018-5968
FasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.11 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete…
High8.1EPSS 7.2%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
FasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.11 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete fix for the CVE-2017-7525 and CVE-2017-17485 deserialization flaws. This is exploitable via two different gadgets that bypass a blacklist.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.2% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindGHSA-w3f4-3q6j-rh82 (opens in a new tab)
References (12)
- RHSA-2018:0479 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1525 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0480 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2858 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3149 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03902en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180423-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/1899 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-w3f4-3q6j-rh82 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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