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jackson-databind is vulnerable to a deserialization flaw

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 16, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 1, 2024

Package

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

Affected versions

>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.9
<= 2.6.7.0
>= 2.7.0, <= 2.7.9.0

Patched versions

2.8.9
2.6.7.1
2.7.9.1

Description

A deserialization flaw was discovered in the jackson-databind, versions before 2.6.7.1, 2.7.9.1 and 2.8.9, which could allow an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending the maliciously crafted input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 6, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 16, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Mar 1, 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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-7525

GHSA ID

GHSA-qxxx-2pp7-5hmx

Source code

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