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CVE-2017-7525 in the critical feed json

jackson-databind is vulnerable to a deserialization flaw

published 2018-02-06 8 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also GHSA-qxxx-2pp7-5hmx , EUVD-2018-0673

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
37.7%
EPSS 37.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A deserialization flaw was discovered in the jackson-databind, versions before 2.6.7.1, 2.7.9.1 and 2.8.9, which could allow an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending the maliciously crafted input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.6.7.1, 2.7.9.1, 2.8.9
  • fasterxml jackson-databind 2.6.7.1, 2.7.9.1, 2.8.9
  • oracle communications_diameter_signaling_route 8.3
  • oracle global_lifecycle_management_opatchauto 12.2.0.1.14
  • jackson-databind Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.1-1
  • libjackson-json-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.13-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7525

  • libjackson-json-java Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.9.2-7ubuntu0.2
  • 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
  • libjackson-json-java Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.9.2-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7525

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.el6
  • jbossts jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:4.17.43-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • jgroups jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:3.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • jbossweb jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.28-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • picketbox jboss enterprise application platform 6 4.1.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • jboss-as-ee jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • lucene-solr jboss enterprise application platform 6 3.6.2-8.redhat_9.1.ep6.el6
  • jboss-as-cli jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1449RHSA-2018:1450RHSA-2017:3458RHSA-2017:3455RHSA-2017:3454RHSA-2017:2638

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-2017-7525 updated cvss 8.1

jackson-databind: Deserialization vulnerability via readValue method of ObjectMapper

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 container-native-virtualization/kubevirt-apiserver-proxy-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 com.fasterxml.jackson.core-jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 com.fasterxml.jackson.core-jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 com.fasterxml.jackson.core-jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 com.fasterxml.jackson.core-jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 elasticsearch-cloud-kubernetes, openshift-elasticsearch-plugin, openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 elasticsearch-cloud-kubernetes, openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 com.fasterxml.jackson.core-jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 com.fasterxml.jackson.core-jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Data Grid 7.1.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0294
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  • Red Hat Fuse 7.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0910
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2546
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2547
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2477
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1836
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3456
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2633
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 Server lucene-solr 3.6.2-8.redhat_9.1.ep6.el5, log4j-eap6 1.2.16-12.redhat_3.1.ep6.el5, hornetq 2.3.25-22.SP20_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, hornetq 2.3.25-26.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jgroups 3.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, apache-cxf 2.7.18-7.SP6_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, +163 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2637
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server lucene-solr 3.6.2-8.redhat_9.1.ep6.el6, log4j-eap6 1.2.16-12.redhat_3.1.ep6.el6, hornetq 2.3.25-22.SP20_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, hornetq 2.3.25-26.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jgroups 3.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, apache-cxf 2.7.18-7.SP6_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, +165 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2635
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server log4j-eap6 1.2.16-12.redhat_3.1.ep6.el7, hornetq 2.3.25-22.SP20_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, apache-cxf 2.7.18-7.SP6_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.5.24-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, codehaus-jackson 1.9.9-11.redhat_5.1.ep6.el7, infinispan 5.2.22-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, +89 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2636
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wildfly 7.0.7-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-resteasy 3.0.19-6.SP4_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.0.7-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el6, eap7-hibernate 5.0.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jackson-databind 2.5.4-2.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6, eap7-ironjacamar 1.3.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, +53 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1834
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.0.7-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy 3.0.19-6.SP4_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.0.7-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7, eap7-hibernate 5.0.14-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jackson-databind 2.5.4-2.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7, eap7-ironjacamar 1.3.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, +53 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1837
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-ecj 4.6.1-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-vdx 1.1.6-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-xom 1.2.10-2.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jaxen 1.1.6-3.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jsoup 1.8.3-3.redhat_2.1.ep7.el6, eap7-antlr 2.7.7-35.redhat_7.1.ep7.el6, +281 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3454
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-ecj 4.6.1-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-vdx 1.1.6-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-xom 1.2.10-2.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jaxen 1.1.6-3.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jsoup 1.8.3-3.redhat_2.1.ep7.el7, eap7-antlr 2.7.7-35.redhat_7.1.ep7.el7, +281 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3458
  • 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. 6) devtoolset-4-jackson-databind 2.5.0-2.4.el6, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.5.0-2.4.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.4.el7, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind 2.5.0-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind 2.6.3-2.3.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.4.el7, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.5.0-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.6.3-2.3.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) devtoolset-4-jackson-databind 2.5.0-2.4.el6, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.5.0-2.4.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.4.el7, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind 2.5.0-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind 2.6.3-2.3.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.4.el7, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.5.0-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.6.3-2.3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1840
  • 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-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0342
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) devtoolset-4-jackson-databind 2.5.0-2.4.el6, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.5.0-2.4.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.4.el7, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind 2.5.0-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind 2.6.3-2.3.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.4.el7, devtoolset-4-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.5.0-2.4.el7, rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.6.3-2.3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1840
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 rhvm-appliance 4.1.20171102.0-1.el7 Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts rhvm-appliance 4.1.20171102.0-1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3141
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 CoreServer Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 com.fasterxml.jackson.core-jackson-databind
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

1 more not affected in the full advisory

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
32 d ago

Exploit prediction

37.72% 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
NVD 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
<2.6.7.1
>=2.7.0, <2.7.9.1
>=2.8.0, <2.8.9
2.6.7.1
2.7.9.1
2.8.9

Affected products

  • FasterXML jackson-databind

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

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