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XML External Entity Reference (XXE) in jackson-databind

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 4, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 12, 2023

Package

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

Affected versions

>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.7
>= 2.8.0, <= 2.8.11.2
>= 2.7.0, <= 2.7.9.2

Patched versions

2.9.7
2.8.11.3
2.7.9.5

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 4, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jun 12, 2023

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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-14720

GHSA ID

GHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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