GHSA-hgj6-7826-r7m5

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    GHSA-hgj6-7826-r7m5

    Published: 23 Jun 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: jackson-databind: InetSocketAddress deserialization triggers eager DNS resolution (SSRF)

    Details: ## Summary `JDKFromStringDeserializer` constructed `InetSocketAddress` with `new InetSocketAddress(host, port)`, which performs eager DNS name resolution for hostname inputs at deserialization time. An application that binds untrusted JSON into a type containing an `InetSocketAddress` field issues an attacker-chosen DNS query during `readValue`, before any application-level validation or connect logic. The fix uses `InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(host, port)`, deferring DNS to an explicit connect. ## Impact An attacker controlling JSON deserialized into an `InetSocketAddress`-bearing type can force outbound DNS lookups for attacker-chosen hostnames at deserialization time (SSRF / DNS-based out-of-band interaction / internal-resolver probing), purely from binding. ## Affected / Patched (verified via `git tag --contains` on `1f5a103`) - 2.18 line: `>= 2.18.0, < 2.18.8` -> fixed in **2.18.8** - 2.19-2.21 line: `>= 2.19.0, < 2.21.4` -> fixed in **2.21.4** - 3.x line: `>= 3.0.0, < 3.1.4` -> fixed in **3.1.4** ## Severity / CWE Maintainer: minor. Reporter: LOW. CWE-918 (SSRF). ## Upstream fix FasterXML/jackson-databind#5951 ("Improve InetSocketAddress deserialization"). Released 2026-06-04 in 2.18.8 / 2.21.4 / 3.1.4. ## Credits Omkhar Arasaratnam (@omkhar) - finder.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind

    Purl: pkg:maven/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.0.0
    Fixed -2.18.8

    Affected versions

    2.0.0
    2.0.1
    2.0.2
    2.0.4
    2.0.5
    2.0.6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High