Deserialization in Fasterxml Jackson-Databind

CVE-2018-12023

An issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind prior to 2.7.9.4, 2.8.11.2, and 2.9.6. When Default Typing is enabled (either globally or for a specific property), the service has the Oracle JDBC jar in the classpath, and an attacker can provide an LDAP service to access, it is possible to make the service execute a malicious payload.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.089 (95.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-12023: held from 0.089 to 0.089.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.089 · newest: 0.089 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12023?
CVE-2018-12023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fasterxml Jackson-Databind, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-12023?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12023 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.