Deserialization of untrusted data in jackson-databind - CVE-2018-7489

 

Deserialization of untrusted data in jackson-databind - CVE-2018-7489

Published: March 26, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11268
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7489
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: FasterXML
Affected software:
jackson-databind

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists in the readValue method due to improper validation of user-input. A remote attacker can send malicious JSON input, bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-7489

Update to version 2.8.11.1.

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