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high 8.8

CVE-2020-11112 json

jackson-databind mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing

published 6y ago modified 2mo ago also GHSA-58pp-9c76-5625 , EUVD-2020-0460

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
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.commons.proxy.provider.remoting.RmiProvider (aka apache/commons-proxy).

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11112

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11112

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

  • rh-maven35-jackson-databind RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.7.6-2.9.el7
  • rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.7.6-2.9.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1523

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-11112 updated cvss 8.1

jackson-databind: Serialization gadgets in org.apache.commons.proxy.provider.remoting.RmiProvider

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 jackson-databind, jackson-databind-javadoc
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, no fix available
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  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 openshift3/ose-logging-elasticsearch5 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch5
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight Red Hat Satellite 6 jackson-databind
    affected: workaround, 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
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3192
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3197
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5625
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.9.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.9.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.9.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.9.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.9.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.9.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.9.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.9.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-maven35-jackson-databind 2.7.6-2.9.el7, rh-maven35-jackson-databind-javadoc 2.7.6-2.9.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1523
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2067
  • Red Hat A-MQ Clients 2 jackson-databind Red Hat Data Grid 8 jackson-databind Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 jackson-databind Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka jackson-databind
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

3.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% 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

  • fasterxml jackson-databind
  • 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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

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