8.1High

Fasterxml Jackson-Databind

CVE-2020-35491

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.8 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to org.apache.commons.dbcp2.datasources.SharedPoolDataSource.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Fasterxml Jackson-Databind. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 10% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 95% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Fasterxml Jackson-Databind, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
8.1 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-502
Assigned by
cve@mitre.org

Dates

Published
2020-12-17
Last modified
2026-08-25
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Fasterxml Jackson-Databind2.0.0 - 2.9.10.8
  • Netapp Service Level Managerall versions
  • Debian Debian Linux9.0
  • Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management9.3.6
  • Oracle Application Testing Suite13.3.0.1
  • Oracle Autovue For Agile Product Lifecycle Management21.0.2
  • Oracle Banking Platform2.6.2, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.8.0, 2.9.0, 2.10.0
  • Oracle Banking Treasury Management14.4
  • Oracle Banking Virtual Account Management14.2.0, 14.3.0, 14.5.0
  • Oracle Blockchain Platform- 21.1.2
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy1.14.0
  • Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Unified Data Repository1.4.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

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