🛡️ CVE-2020-36181 — jackson-databind

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-502 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Unsafe Deserialization in jackson-databind

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.8 and 2.6.7.5 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.cpdsadapter.DriverAdapterCPDS.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2020-36181 is classified as CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data. Serialised data from an untrusted source is reconstructed into objects, which can trigger code during the process.

Affected software

CVE-2020-36181 is recorded against 1 package.

  • com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (from 2.0.0 up to 2.6.7.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 9 December 2021 and last revised on 18 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
cowtowncoder.medium.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
lists.debian.org (Web)
security.netapp.com (Web)
www.oracle.com (Web)
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CVE-2020-36181 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-502
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-12-09
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.0.0 2.6.7.5

References

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