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Critical 9.8Published Jan 2, 2019
CVE-2018-14720FasterXML 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.
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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.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
fasterxml jackson-databind fasterxml:jackson-databind | from 2.6.0 before 2.6.7.2; from 2.7.0 before 2.7.9.5; from 2.8.0 before 2.8.11.3; from 2.9.0 before 2.9.7; 2.7.0; 2.7.0; 2.7.0; 2.8.0; and 5 more ranges | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 8.0; 9.0 | NVD |
oracle banking_platform oracle:banking_platform | 2.5.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.1; 2.6.2 | NVD |
oracle communications_billing_and_revenue_management oracle:communications_billing_and_revenue_management | 7.5; 12.0 | NVD |
oracle enterprise_manager_for_virtualization oracle:enterprise_manager_for_virtualization | 13.2.2; 13.2.3; 13.3.1 | NVD |
oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure | 8.0.2; 8.0.3; 8.0.4; 8.0.5; 8.0.6; 8.0.7 | NVD |
oracle jdeveloper oracle:jdeveloper | 12.1.3.0.0; 12.2.1.3.0 | NVD |
oracle primavera_unifier oracle:primavera_unifier | from 17.1 through 17.12; 16.1; 16.2; 18.8 | NVD |
oracle retail_merchandising_system oracle:retail_merchandising_system | 15.0; 16.0 | NVD |
oracle webcenter_portal oracle:webcenter_portal | 12.2.1.3.0 | NVD |
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform | 7.2.0 | NVD |
redhat openshift_container_platform redhat:openshift_container_platform | 3.11 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44x-refsource-confirm, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097x-refsource-confirm, issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7x-refsource-confirm, patch, release-notes, third-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.htmlmailing-list, x-refsource-mlist, third-party-advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a78f88716c3c57aa74ec05764a37ab3874769a347805903b393b286%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/82b01bfb6787097427ce97cec6a7127e93718bc05d1efd5eaffc228f%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlx-refsource-misc
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba973114605d936be276ee6ce09dfbdbf78aa56f6cdc6e79bfa7b8df%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0782vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1106vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1140vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4452vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/68mailing-list, x-refsource-bugtraq, third-party-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003/x-refsource-confirm
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.htmlx-refsource-misc
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1822vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1823vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlx-refsource-misc
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4037
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E
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