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CVE-2018-5968

CVE-2018-5968HIGH

n/a n/a — FasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.11 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete f…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   N  U  H  H  H    8.1   .0725   94.3     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Jan 21  Reserved by mitre
  Jan 22  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2018-5968. Received CVSS 8.1 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-184, CWE-502 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 12 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.11 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete fix for the CVE-2017-7525 and CVE-2017-17485 deserialization flaws. This is exploitable via two different gadgets that bypass a blacklist.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
January 21, 2018	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
January 22, 2018	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 8, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2018-5968. Received CVSS 8.1 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-184 · CWE-502

References (12)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0481 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1525 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149 [Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/1899 [Third Party Advisory]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180423-0002/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03902en_us [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4114 [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2018-5968 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-184 · CWE-502

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