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Fencer Intel
critical 9.8

CVE-2018-14720 json

XML External Entity Reference (XXE) in jackson-databind

published 2019-01-02 7 y ago modified 2026-10-15 25 d ago also GHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m , EUVD-2019-0198

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.5%
EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.7.9.5, 2.8.11.3, 2.9.7
  • fasterxml jackson-databind 2.6.7.2, 2.7.9.5, 2.8.11.3, 2.9.7
  • jackson-databind Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14720

  • jackson-databind Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14720

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  • eap7-dom4j jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 2.1.1-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-jberet jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 1.3.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-yasson jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 1.0.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 7.2.1-6.GA_redhat_00004.1.el7eap
  • eap7-narayana jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 5.9.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 3.6.1-4.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 2.0.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
  • eap7-hibernate jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 5.3.9-2.Final_redhat_00002.1.el7eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:1108RHSA-2019:1107RHSA-2019:0782

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-2018-14720 updated cvss 7.5

jackson-databind: exfiltration/XXE in some JDK classes

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 jackson-databind Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 openshift-elasticsearch-plugin Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 openshift-elasticsearch-plugin Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 elasticsearch-cloud-kubernetes, openshift-elasticsearch-plugin Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 elasticsearch-cloud-kubernetes, openshift-elasticsearch-plugin
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) opendaylight
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Logging 5.0 openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8 v5.0.3-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1515
  • Red Hat Data Grid
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4037
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.5.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3892
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  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 7.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1823
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 7.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1822
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1106
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.1-2.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-yasson 1.0.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-byte-buddy 1.9.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-cxf-xjc-dv 3.2.3-2.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-cxf-xjc-ts 3.2.3-2.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, +152 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1107
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.1-2.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-yasson 1.0.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-byte-buddy 1.9.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-cxf-xjc-dv 3.2.3-2.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-cxf-xjc-ts 3.2.3-2.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, +154 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1108
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Continuous Delivery
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2564
  • 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 OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 openshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch6 v4.6.0-202104161407.p0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1230
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3.1 zip
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1140
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.5.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.5.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0782
  • Red Hat OpenShift Logging 5.0 openshift-logging/fluentd-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/kibana6-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/eventrouter-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/logging-curator5-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/elasticsearch-proxy-rhel8 v5.0.3-1, openshift-logging/elasticsearch-rhel8-operator v5.0.3-2, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 jackson-databind, jackson-databind-javadoc Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 Core Server Core Server Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 jackson-databind Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jackson-databind
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

4 more not affected in the full advisory

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
25 d ago

Exploit prediction

7.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/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 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/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, <2.9.7
>=2.8.0, <2.8.11.3
>=2.7.0, <2.7.9.5
2.9.7
2.8.11.3
2.7.9.5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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