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CVE-2018-14721 FasterXML jackson-databind

Affected softwareFasterXML jackson-databind
Severity10.0 Critical CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in2.9.7, 2.8.11.3, 2.7.9.5
WeaknessServer-side request forgery (CWE-918)
Published2 Jan 2019
Updated15 Oct 2026

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks by leveraging failure to block the axis2-jaxws class from polymorphic deserialization.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 7 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 10% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

  • Protection full
  • Action available patch rule
  • Review human ARMR file
  • Record active
Decided by An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE
Finding CVE is covered by a multi-CVE ARMR patch rule

ARMR rule files

1 file

The rule files Waratek ships for this CVE. Some CVEs need more than one, for example one per affected library or one per ARMR version.

CVE-2018-14721.armr patch rule, ARMR 2.6 added 2020-06-25 updated 2026-03-04

How to mitigate CVE-2018-14721

Upgrade FasterXML jackson-databind to a release that fixes it: 2.9.7, 2.8.11.3 or 2.7.9.5. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with a rule written for this CVE. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

10.0 CRITICAL v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 10.0 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2019 ↗ CPU 2019-Q4 Oracle NoSQL Database / NoSQL (jackson-databind) (Prior to 19.3.12)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle NoSQL Database NoSQL (jackson-databind) Prior to 19.3.12

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.9.0 2.9.7 unbounded
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.8.0 2.8.11.3 unbounded
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.7.0 2.7.9.5 unbounded

Products and versions

13 products, 44 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv com.fasterxml.jackson.core jackson-databind generic ≥ 2.7.0 and < 2.7.9.5 · ≥ 2.8.0 and < 2.8.11.3 · ≥ 2.9.0 and < 2.9.7
nvd debian debian linux generic 8.0 · 9.0
nvd fasterxml jackson-databind generic ≥ 2.6.0 and < 2.6.7.2 · 2.7.0:rc1 · 2.7.0:rc2 · 2.7.0:rc3 · ≥ 2.7.0 and < 2.7.9.5 · 2.8.0:rc1 · 2.8.0:rc2 · ≥ 2.8.0 and < 2.8.11.3 · ≥ 2.9.0 and < 2.9.7 · 2.9.0:pr1 · 2.9.0:pr2 · 2.9.0:pr3 · 2.9.0:pr4
nvd oracle banking platform generic 2.5.0 · 2.6.0 · 2.6.1 · 2.6.2
nvd oracle communications billing and revenue management generic 7.5 · 12.0
nvd oracle enterprise manager for virtualization generic 13.2.2 · 13.2.3 · 13.3.1
nvd oracle financial services analytical applications infrastructure generic 8.0.2 · 8.0.3 · 8.0.4 · 8.0.5 · 8.0.6 · 8.0.7
nvd oracle jdeveloper generic 12.1.3.0.0 · 12.2.1.3.0
nvd oracle primavera unifier generic 16.1 · 16.2 · ≥ 17.1 and ≤ 17.12 · 18.8
nvd oracle retail merchandising system generic 15.0 · 16.0
nvd oracle webcenter portal generic 12.2.1.3.0
nvd redhat jboss enterprise application platform generic 7.2.0
nvd redhat openshift container platform generic 3.11

References

URLTags
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097 WEB
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44 WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2@%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html WEB
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/68 WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003 WEB

Timeline

Published2019-01-02By the CVE Program.
ARMR remediation created2020-06-25Earliest commit adding this CVE's ARMR patch or security rule.
ARMR remediation last updated2026-03-04Most recent commit touching this CVE's ARMR patch or security rule.
Last VRT activity2026-03-04Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.
NVD record modified2026-10-15NVD's own last-modified date for this record.