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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-14718 in the critical feed json

Arbitrary Code Execution in jackson-databind

published 2019-01-02 7 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also GHSA-645p-88qh-w398 , EUVD-2019-0177

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.7%
EPSS 12.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to block the slf4j-ext class from polymorphic deserialization.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.6.7.3, 2.7.9.5, 2.8.11.3, 2.9.7
  • fasterxml jackson-databind 2.6.7.3, 2.7.9.5, 2.8.11.3, 2.9.7
  • oracle global_lifecycle_management_opatch 11.2.0.3.23, 12.2.0.1.19, 13.9.4.2.1
  • oracle nosql_database 19.3.12
  • redhat openshift_container_platform 3.11.153, 4.1.18, 4.6.26
  • jackson-databind Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14718

  • jackson-databind Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14718

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  • rh-maven35-jackson-databind RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.7.6-2.5.el7
  • rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.7.6-2.5.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:0782

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-2018-14718 updated cvss 8.1

jackson-databind: arbitrary code execution in slf4j-ext class

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 jackson-databind Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes jackson-databind Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 openshift-elasticsearch-plugin Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 openshift-elasticsearch-plugin Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 elasticsearch-cloud-kubernetes, openshift-elasticsearch-plugin
    +1 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 elasticsearch-cloud-kubernetes, openshift-elasticsearch-plugin
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager jackson-databind
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Logging 5.0 openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8 v5.0.3-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1515
  • Red Hat Data Grid
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4037
  • Red Hat Fuse 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2804
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.5.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3892
  • Red Hat Fuse Intergration Services 2.0 based on Fuse 6.3 R13
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3002
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1797
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  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 7.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1823
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1782
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 7.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1822
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.4.8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3140
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Continuous Delivery
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2564
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/ose-logging-elasticsearch5 v3.11.153-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3149
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1 openshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch5 v4.1.18-201909201915
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2858
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 openshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch6 v4.6.0-202104161407.p0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1230
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0782
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0877
  • Red Hat OpenShift Logging 5.0 openshift-logging/fluentd-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/kibana6-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/eventrouter-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/logging-curator5-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/elasticsearch-proxy-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/elasticsearch-rhel8-operator v5.0.3-2, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 jackson-databind, jackson-databind-javadoc Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 Core Server Core Server Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 jackson-databind
    +6 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jackson-databind Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 openshift4/ose-ptp v4.6.0-202104151245.p0, openshift4/ose-sriov-cni v4.6.0-202104151245.p0, openshift4/ose-ghostunnel v4.6.0-202104151245.p0, openshift4/ose-descheduler v4.6.0-202104151245.p0, openshift4/ose-ptp-operator v4.6.0-202104151245.p0, openshift4/ose-egress-router v4.6.0-202104151245.p0, +40 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) opendaylight
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

4 more not affected in the full advisory

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

12.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind
>=2.9.0, <2.9.7
>=2.8.0, <2.8.11.3
>=2.7.0, <2.7.9.5
>=2.0.0, <2.6.7.3
2.9.7
2.8.11.3
2.7.9.5
2.6.7.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

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