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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2019-10172 json

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in jackson-mapper-asl

published 2019-11-18 6 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-r6j9-8759-g62w , EUVD-2020-0314

cvss
5.9
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.0%
EPSS 17.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.x libraries. XML external entity vulnerabilities similar CVE-2016-3720 also affects codehaus jackson-mapper-asl libraries but in different classes.

Patch / fix

  • libjackson-json-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.13-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10172

  • libjackson-json-java Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.9.2-7ubuntu0.2
  • libjackson-json-java Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.9.2-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10172

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  • eap7-txw2 jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-xsom jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-rngom jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wss4j jboss enterprise application platform 7.3, jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jandex jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.1.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jasypt jboss enterprise application platform 7.3, jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 7.3.1-5.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jaxb-jxc jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:2512RHSA-2020:2511RHSA-2020:2513RHSA-2020:2060RHSA-2020:2059RHSA-2020:2058

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-10172 updated cvss 5.9

jackson-mapper-asl: XML external entity similar to CVE-2016-3720

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 jackson-mapper-asl
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 jackson-mapper-asl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 jackson-mapper-asl
    +7 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 jackson-mapper-asl Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) opendaylight
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 jackson-mapper-asl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat EAP-CD 20 Tech Preview
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3585
  • Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3779
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  • Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3192
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2061
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.8-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-cryptacular 1.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +152 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2058
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.8-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-cryptacular 1.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +154 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2059
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 8 eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.8-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.12-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-cryptacular 1.2.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +152 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2060
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for BaseOS-8 eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-txw2 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-xsom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-rngom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +194 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2513
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-txw2 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-xsom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-rngom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +194 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2511
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wss4j 2.2.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jasypt 1.9.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-opensaml 3.3.1-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-txw2 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-xsom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-rngom 2.3.3-4.b02_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +196 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2512
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2515
  • Red Hat Single Sign On 7.3.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2112

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Exploit prediction

17.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl
<=1.9.13
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • Redhat jackson-mapper-asl

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.