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high 8.8

CVE-2020-10672 json

jackson-databind mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing

published 6y ago modified 2mo ago also GHSA-95cm-88f5-f2c7 , EUVD-2020-0375

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.4 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to org.apache.aries.transaction.jms.internal.XaPooledConnectionFactory (aka aries.transaction.jms).

Patch / fix

  • maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.9.10.4
  • oracle insurance_policy_administration_j2ee 11.1.0.15
  • fasterxml jackson-databind 2.9.10.4
  • jackson-databind Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.11.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10672

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10672

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

  • eap7-dom4j jboss enterprise application platform 7.3, jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap
  • eap7-resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.3, jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-weld-ejb jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el8eap
  • eap7-weld-jta jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el8eap
  • eap7-weld-web jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el8eap
  • eap7-hibernate jboss enterprise application platform 7.3, jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:1746RHSA-2020:3639RHSA-2020:3638RHSA-2020:3637RHSA-2020:3463RHSA-2020:3462

  • xsom AlmaLinux 8 0-19.20110809svn.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00
  • slf4j AlmaLinux 8 1.7.25-4.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00
  • stax-ex AlmaLinux 8 1.7.7-8.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00
  • velocity AlmaLinux 8 1.7-24.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00
  • xalan-j2 AlmaLinux 8 2.7.1-38.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00
  • javassist AlmaLinux 8 3.18.1-8.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00
  • xerces-j2 AlmaLinux 8 2.11.0-34.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00
  • python3-nss AlmaLinux 8 1.0.1-10.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00.alma

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:1644

  • xsom Rocky Linux 8 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.5.0+697+f586bb30
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+74+855e3f5d
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+133+b8b54b58
  • stax-ex Rocky Linux 8 1.7.7-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • bea-stax Rocky Linux 8 1.2.0-16.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • resteasy Rocky Linux 8 3.0.26-3.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • velocity Rocky Linux 8 1.7-24.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:1644

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-10672 updated cvss 8.1

jackson-databind: mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing which could result in remote command execution

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 jackson-databind
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes jackson-databind
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/ose-logging-elasticsearch5 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch5
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight Red Hat Software Collections rh-maven35-jackson-databind, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat EAP-CD 19 Tech Preview
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2333
  • Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3779
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3196
show 14 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) jss 4.6.2-4.module+el8.2.0+6123+b4678599, slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, pki-ca 10.8.3-1.module+el8.2.0+5925+bad5981a, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, ldapjdk 4.21.0-2.module+el8.2.0+4573+c3c38c7b, +43 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1644
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3192
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el6eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-weld-ejb 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el6eap, eap7-weld-jta 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el6eap, +83 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3637
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-weld-ejb 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el7eap, eap7-weld-jta 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el7eap, +85 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3638
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 8 eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-weld-ejb 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el8eap, eap7-weld-jta 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el8eap, +83 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3639
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for BaseOS-8 eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.2-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-netty 4.1.48-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +75 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3463
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.2-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-netty 4.1.48-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +75 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3461
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.2-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-netty 4.1.48-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +77 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3462
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3464
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-resteasy 3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy-cdi 3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy-jaxrs 3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy-jsapi 3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy-client 3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy-crypto 3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:1746
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3197
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3501
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2067
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-jettison 1.3.8-2.redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7, eap7-velocity 1.7.0-3.redhat_00006.1.ep7.el7, eap7-wildfly 7.1.9-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7, eap7-netty 4.1.63-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf-rt 3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7, +5 more Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka jackson-databind
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

3.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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, <2.9.10.4
2.9.10.4

Affected products

  • debian debian_linux
  • netapp steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage
  • oracle agile_plm
  • oracle autovue_for_agile_product_lifecycle_management
  • oracle banking_digital_experience
  • oracle communications_calendar_server
  • oracle communications_diameter_signaling_router
  • oracle communications_element_manager
  • oracle communications_evolved_communications_application_server
  • oracle communications_instant_messaging_server
  • oracle communications_network_charging_and_control
  • oracle communications_session_route_manager
  • oracle enterprise_manager_base_platform
  • oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure
  • oracle financial_services_institutional_performance_analytics
  • oracle financial_services_price_creation_and_discovery
  • oracle financial_services_retail_customer_analytics
  • oracle global_lifecycle_management_opatch
  • oracle insurance_policy_administration_j2ee
  • oracle jd_edwards_enterpriseone_orchestrator
  • oracle primavera_unifier
  • oracle retail_merchandising_system
  • oracle retail_sales_audit
  • oracle retail_service_backbone
  • oracle retail_xstore_point_of_service
  • oracle weblogic_server
  • fasterxml jackson-databind

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

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