Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind - CVE-2020-36188
Published: January 7, 2021 / Updated: January 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49367
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36188
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: FasterXML
Affected software:
jackson-databind
jackson-databind
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data related to com.newrelic.agent.deps.ch.qos.logback.core.db.JNDIConnectionSource. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-36188
Install updates from vendor's website.