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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2018-12022 json

jackson-databind Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability

published 2019-03-17 7 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also GHSA-cjjf-94ff-43w7 , EUVD-2019-0378

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.3%
EPSS 7.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind prior to 2.7.9.4, 2.8.11.2, and 2.9.6. When Default Typing is enabled (either globally or for a specific property), the service has the Jodd-db jar (for database access for the Jodd framework) in the classpath, and an attacker can provide an LDAP service to access, it is possible to make the service execute a malicious payload.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.7.9.4, 2.8.11.2, 2.9.6
  • fasterxml jackson-databind 2.6.7.3, 2.7.9.4, 2.8.11.2, 2.9.6
  • jackson-databind Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12022

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12022

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  • eap7-dom4j jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 2.1.1-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jberet jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 1.3.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-yasson jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 1.0.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 7.2.1-6.GA_redhat_00004.1.el7eap
  • eap7-narayana jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 5.9.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 3.6.1-4.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 2.0.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-hibernate jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 5.3.9-2.Final_redhat_00002.1.el7eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:1108RHSA-2019:1107RHSA-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-2018-12022 updated cvss 7.3

jackson-databind: improper polymorphic deserialization of types from Jodd-db library

  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 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 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
  • 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
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  • 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 EAP 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1106
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.1-2.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-yasson 1.0.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-byte-buddy 1.9.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-cxf-xjc-dv 3.2.3-2.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-cxf-xjc-ts 3.2.3-2.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, +152 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1107
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.1-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-yasson 1.0.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-byte-buddy 1.9.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-cxf-xjc-dv 3.2.3-2.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-cxf-xjc-ts 3.2.3-2.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, +154 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1108
  • 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 Single Sign-On 7.3.1 zip
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1140
  • 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 Enterprise Linux 8 jackson-databind, jackson-databind-javadoc 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 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jackson-databind Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) opendaylight
    +6 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) opendaylight Red Hat Satellite 6 jackson-databind Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager jackson-databind
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

1 more not affected in the full advisory

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

7.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind
<2.7.9.4
>=2.8.0, <2.8.11.2
>=2.9.0, <2.9.6
2.7.9.4
2.8.11.2
2.9.6

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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.