GHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m

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    GHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m

    Published: 4 Jan 2019Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary: XML External Entity Reference (XXE) in jackson-databind

    Details: 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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14720, https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097, https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/82b01bfb6787097427ce97cec6a7127e93718bc05d1efd5eaffc228f@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba973114605d936be276ee6ce09dfbdbf78aa56f6cdc6e79bfa7b8df@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2@%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/68, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4452, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a78f88716c3c57aa74ec05764a37ab3874769a347805903b393b286@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m, https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4037, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1823, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1822, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1140, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1106, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0782, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959

    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- 2.9.0
    Fixed -2.9.7

    Affected versions

    2.9.0
    2.9.0.pr1
    2.9.0.pr2
    2.9.0.pr3
    2.9.0.pr4
    2.9.1
    2.9.2
    2.9.3
    2.9.4
    2.9.5
    2.9.6

    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