GHSA-9fxm-vc8v-hj55

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GHSA-9fxm-vc8v-hj55

Summary: jackson-databind's renamed @JsonIgnore'd setters can deserialize via private fields

Details: ## Summary `POJOPropertiesCollector._renameProperties()` allows a property with `@JsonProperty("renamed")` on the getter and `@JsonIgnore` on the setter to be renamed rather than dropped. With `MapperFeature.INFER_PROPERTY_MUTATORS` enabled (default), the private backing field is retained; during deserialization `BeanDeserializerFactory.addBeanProps()` sees `hasField()==true`, builds a `FieldProperty`, and makes the backing field writable. An attacker supplying the renamed JSON key writes the backing field directly, bypassing the `@JsonIgnore` on the setter. ## Impact POJOs combining a renamed getter with an ignored setter (a read-only-over-the-wire pattern) have that field silently set from attacker input (property tampering / mass assignment). Not a general gadget; no RCE. ## Affected / Patched (verified via `git tag --contains`) - 2.21 line: `>= 2.21.0, < 2.21.4` -> fixed in **2.21.4** (backport `c3d56dd`, #5968) - 3.x line: `>= 3.0.0, < 3.1.4` -> fixed in **3.1.4** (#5967, `e88cb17`) ## Severity / CWE Maintainer: minor. Reporter: HIGH. CWE-915. ## Credits Omkhar Arasaratnam (@omkhar) - finder.

References: https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/security/advisories/GHSA-9fxm-vc8v-hj55, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54516, https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/pull/5967, https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/pull/5968, https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/c3d56dd25d52319828147c5b9aeabf2d485c250a, https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/e88cb17006b6af4883b973058f0bb6486e5074af, https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind