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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-17485 in the critical feed json

jackson-databind vulnerable to remote code execution due to incorrect deserialization and blocklist bypass

published 2018-01-10 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-rfx6-vp9g-rh7v , EUVD-2018-0684

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
49.7%
EPSS 49.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.10 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete fix for the CVE-2017-7525 deserialization flaw. This is exploitable by sending maliciously crafted JSON input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper, bypassing a blacklist that is ineffective if the Spring libraries are available in the classpath.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.7.9.2, 2.8.11, 2.9.4
  • fasterxml jackson-databind 2.6.7.3, 2.7.9.2, 2.8.11, 2.9.4
  • jackson-databind Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17485

  • jackson-databind Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • jackson-databind Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17485

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • hornetq jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.3.25-26.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • jbossts jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:4.17.43-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • jgroups jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:3.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • jbossweb jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • picketbox jboss enterprise application platform 6 4.1.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • jboss-as-ee jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
  • lucene-solr jboss enterprise application platform 6 3.6.2-8.redhat_9.1.ep6.el7
  • jboss-as-cli jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1448RHSA-2018:1449RHSA-2018:1450RHSA-2018:1451RHSA-2018:0342RHSA-2018:0481

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-2017-17485 updated cvss 8.1

jackson-databind: Unsafe deserialization due to incomplete black list (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-15095)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-apiserver-proxy-rhel9
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 jackson-databind Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 jackson-databind Red Hat Virtualization 4 jackson-databind
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 jackson-databind
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.5.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3892
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1797
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1782
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0478
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1447
show 10 more
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 Server lucene-solr 3.6.2-8.redhat_9.1.ep6.el5, hornetq 2.3.25-26.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jgroups 3.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossts 4.17.43-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossweb 7.5.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, picketbox 4.1.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, +68 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1450
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server lucene-solr 3.6.2-8.redhat_9.1.ep6.el6, hornetq 2.3.25-26.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jgroups 3.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossts 4.17.43-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossweb 7.5.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, picketbox 4.1.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, +70 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1449
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server lucene-solr 3.6.2-8.redhat_9.1.ep6.el7, hornetq 2.3.25-26.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jgroups 3.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossts 4.17.43-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.5.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, picketbox 4.1.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, +68 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1448
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wss4j 2.1.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-wildfly 7.1.1-4.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6, eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.13-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-xml-security 2.0.9-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jackson-core 2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-4.SP2_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, +126 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0479
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wss4j 2.1.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-wildfly 7.1.1-4.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.13-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-xml-security 2.0.9-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jackson-core 2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-4.SP2_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, +126 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0481
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2930
  • 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 Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind 2.6.3-2.6.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.6.3-2.6.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind 2.6.3-2.6.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.6.3-2.6.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind 2.6.3-2.6.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.6.3-2.6.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind 2.6.3-2.6.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.6.3-2.6.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0116
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jackson-databind Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 jackson-databind
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
14 mo ago

Exploit prediction

49.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind
>=2.9.0, <2.9.4
>=2.8.0, <2.8.11
<2.7.9.2
2.9.4
2.8.11
2.7.9.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

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