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CVE-2020-36518 jackson-databind

Affected softwarejackson-databind
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Fixed in2.13.2.1, 2.12.6.1
WeaknessOut-of-bounds write (CWE-787)
Published11 Mar 2022
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

jackson-databind before 2.13.0 allows a Java StackOverflow exception and denial of service via a large depth of nested objects.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. The 1 repository below are public GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
  • EPSS 4.9% chance in 30 days

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
GitHub PoC Reproduction of CVE-2020-36518 in Spring Boot 2.5.10 2022-03-21

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: FasterXML/jackson-databind 0a8157c.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3 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 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2025 ↗ CPU 2025-Q2 Oracle Fusion Middleware / Runtime Server (jackson-databind) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q4 Oracle Enterprise Manager / Event Management (jackson-databind) (13.5.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q3 Oracle Fusion Middleware / Centralized Thirdparty Jars (jackson-databind) (12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q2 Oracle Blockchain Platform / BCS Console (jackson-databind) (Prior to 21.1.3)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q1 Oracle Commerce / Content Acquisition System (jackson-databind) (11.3.2)
Oracle GoldenGate / GoldenGate Stream Analytics (jackson-databind) (Prior to 19.1.0.0.8)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2022 ↗ CPU 2022-Q4 Oracle Communications / Configuration Management Platform (jackson-databind) (12.6.0.0.0)
Oracle Communications / Core (jackson-databind) (7.0.0.0.0)
Oracle Communications / Platform (jackson-databind) (7.1)
Oracle Communications Applications / PresenceAPI (jackson-databind) (10.0.1.6.0)
Oracle Communications Applications / REST Service Manager (jackson-databind) (12.0.0.4.0-12.0.0.7.0)
Oracle Database Server / Oracle Database - Fleet Patching (jackson-databind) (19c, 21c)
Oracle Database Server / Spatial and Graph (jackson-databind) (19c, 21c)
Oracle Enterprise Manager / Plug-In Lifecycle (jackson-databind) (13.4.0.0, 13.5.0.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Collections (jackson-databind) (2.12.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Security (jackson-databind) (2.7.1, 2.9.0, 2.12.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Web UI (jackson-databind) (2.7.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Web UI (jackson-databind) (2.8.0, 2.12.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Analytics Server (jackson-databind) (6.4.0.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Security Framework (jackson-databind) (12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0)
Oracle HealthCare Applications / Data Studio (jackson-databind) (4.1)
Oracle Insurance Applications / Development Tools (jackson-databind) (12.6-12.7)
Oracle JD Edwards / E1 IOT Orchestrator Security (jackson-databind) (9.2.6.4 and prior)
Oracle JD Edwards / Monitoring and Diagnostics SEC (jackson-databind) (9.2.6.4 and prior)
Oracle JD Edwards / Web Runtime SEC (jackson-databind) (9.2.6.4 and prior)
Oracle Retail Applications / Foundation (jackson-databind) (15.0.3.1)
Oracle Retail Applications / RSB Installation (jackson-databind) (14.1.3.2, 15.0.3.1, 16.0.3)
Oracle Siebel CRM / EAI (jackson-databind) (22.8 and prior)
Oracle Supply Chain / AutoVue Client and Server (jackson-databind) (21.0.2)
Oracle's note: This vulnerability applies to Oracle AutoVue Office, Oracle AutoVue 2D Professional, Oracle AutoVue 3D Professional Advanced, Oracle AutoVue EDA Professional and Oracle AutoVue Electro-Mechanical Professional. Please refer to Patch Availability Document for more details.
Oracle Supply Chain / Autovue Client (jackson-databind) (21.0.2)
Oracle Supply Chain / WebClient (jackson-databind) (9.3.6)
Oracle Systems / Tools (jackson-databind) (4)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 ↗ CPU 2022-Q3 Oracle Big Data Graph / Big Data Graph (jackson-databind) (Prior to 23.1)
Oracle Commerce / Dynamo Application Framework (jackson-databind) (11.3.0, 11.3.1, 11.3.2)
Oracle Communications / BSF (jackson-databind) (22.1.3)
Oracle Communications / MGMT (jackson-databind) (9.0, 9.1)
Oracle Communications / NRF (jackson-databind) (22.1.2, 22.2.0)
Oracle Communications / NSSF (jackson-databind) (22.1.1)
Oracle Communications / SCP (jackson-databind) (22.2.0)
Oracle Communications / SEPP (jackson-databind) (22.1.1)
Oracle Communications / UDR (jackson-databind) (22.2.0)
Oracle Communications Applications / Billing Care, BOC, DM Kafka, REST API (jackson-databind) (12.0.0.4.0-12.0.0.6.0)
Oracle Construction and Engineering / Admin (jackson-databind) (17.12.0-17.12.11, 18.8.0-18.8.14, 19.12.0-19.12.13, 20.12.0-20.12.8, 21.12.0-21.12.1)
Oracle Construction and Engineering / Document Management (jackson-databind) (17.7-17.12, 18.8, 19.12, 20.12, 21.12)
Oracle Construction and Engineering / Web Access (jackson-databind) (17.12.0.0-17.12.20.4, 18.8.0.0-18.8.25.4, 19.12.0.0-19.12.19.0, 20.12.0.0-20.12.14.0, 21.12.0.0-21.12.4.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Installers (jackson-databind) (8.0.7.1, 8.0.7.2, 8.0.8.0, 8.0.8.1, 8.1.1.0-8.1.2.1)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Others (jackson-databind) (8.0.7.0-8.1.0.0, 8.1.1.0, 8.1.2.0, 8.1.2.1)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Studio (jackson-databind) (8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / User Interface (jackson-databind) (8.0.7.0, 8.0.8.0)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Web UI (jackson-databind) (8.0.7.0, 8.0.8.0, 8.1.1.0-8.1.2.1)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Centralized Third Party Jars (jackson-databind) (12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.1.0.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Centralized Thirdparty Jars (jackson-databind) (14.1.1.0.0)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / NextGen Installer issues (jackson-databind) (Prior to 13.9.4.2.10)
Oracle Graph Server and Client / Oracle Graph Server (jackson-databind) (Prior to 22.2.0)
Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Web Services (jackson-databind) (9.1.0.52, 9.2.0.52)
Oracle PeopleSoft / Elastic Search (jackson-databind) (8.58, 8.59)
Oracle Retail Applications / others (jackson-databind) (15.0.3.1)
Oracle Spatial Studio / Oracle Spatial Studio (jackson-databind) (Prior to 22.1.0)
Oracle Utilities Applications / General (jackson-databind) (4.3.0.5.0, 4.3.0.6.0, 4.4.0.0.0, 4.4.0.2.0, 4.4.0.3.0, 4.5.0.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2022 ↗ CPU 2022-Q2 Oracle Communications / CNC Console (jackson-databind) (1.9.0)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Big Data Graph Big Data Graph (jackson-databind) Prior to 23.1
Oracle Blockchain Platform BCS Console (jackson-databind) Prior to 21.1.3
Oracle Commerce Content Acquisition System (jackson-databind) 11.3.2 11.3.2
Oracle Commerce Dynamo Application Framework (jackson-databind) 11.3.0, 11.3.1, 11.3.2 11.3.0 · 11.3.1 · 11.3.2
Oracle Communications BSF (jackson-databind) 22.1.3 22.1.3
Oracle Communications CNC Console (jackson-databind) 1.9.0 1.9.0
Oracle Communications Configuration Management Platform (jackson-databind) 12.6.0.0.0 12.6.0.0.0
Oracle Communications Core (jackson-databind) 7.0.0.0.0 7.0.0.0.0
Oracle Communications MGMT (jackson-databind) 9.0, 9.1 9.0 · 9.1
Oracle Communications NRF (jackson-databind) 22.1.2, 22.2.0 22.1.2 · 22.2.0
Oracle Communications NSSF (jackson-databind) 22.1.1 22.1.1
Oracle Communications Platform (jackson-databind) 7.1 7.1
Oracle Communications SCP (jackson-databind) 22.2.0 22.2.0
Oracle Communications SEPP (jackson-databind) 22.1.1 22.1.1
Oracle Communications UDR (jackson-databind) 22.2.0 22.2.0
Oracle Communications Applications Billing Care, BOC, DM Kafka, REST API (jackson-databind) 12.0.0.4.0-12.0.0.6.0
Oracle Communications Applications PresenceAPI (jackson-databind) 10.0.1.6.0 10.0.1.6.0
Oracle Communications Applications REST Service Manager (jackson-databind) 12.0.0.4.0-12.0.0.7.0
Oracle Construction and Engineering Admin (jackson-databind) 17.12.0-17.12.11, 18.8.0-18.8.14, 19.12.0-19.12.13, 20.12.0-20.12.8, 21.12.0-21.12.1
Oracle Construction and Engineering Document Management (jackson-databind) 17.7-17.12, 18.8, 19.12, 20.12, 21.12 18.8 · 19.12 · 20.12 · 21.12
Oracle Construction and Engineering Web Access (jackson-databind) 17.12.0.0-17.12.20.4, 18.8.0.0-18.8.25.4, 19.12.0.0-19.12.19.0, 20.12.0.0-20.12.14.0, 21.12.0.0-21.12.4.0
Oracle Database Server Oracle Database - Fleet Patching (jackson-databind) 19c, 21c 19 · 21
Oracle Database Server Spatial and Graph (jackson-databind) 19c, 21c 19 · 21
Oracle Enterprise Manager Event Management (jackson-databind) 13.5.0.0 13.5.0.0
Oracle Enterprise Manager Plug-In Lifecycle (jackson-databind) 13.4.0.0, 13.5.0.0 13.4.0.0 · 13.5.0.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications Collections (jackson-databind) 2.12.0 2.12.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications Installers (jackson-databind) 8.0.7.1, 8.0.7.2, 8.0.8.0, 8.0.8.1, 8.1.1.0-8.1.2.1 8.0.7.1 · 8.0.7.2 · 8.0.8.0 · 8.0.8.1
Oracle Financial Services Applications Others (jackson-databind) 8.0.7.0-8.1.0.0, 8.1.1.0, 8.1.2.0, 8.1.2.1 8.1.1.0 · 8.1.2.0 · 8.1.2.1
Oracle Financial Services Applications Security (jackson-databind) 2.7.1, 2.9.0, 2.12.0 2.7.1 · 2.9.0 · 2.12.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications Studio (jackson-databind) 8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0 8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications User Interface (jackson-databind) 8.0.7.0, 8.0.8.0 8.0.7.0 · 8.0.8.0
Oracle Financial Services Applications Web UI (jackson-databind) 8.0.7.0, 8.0.8.0, 8.1.1.0-8.1.2.1 2.7.0 · 2.8.0 · 2.12.0 · 8.0.7.0 · 8.0.8.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware Analytics Server (jackson-databind) 6.4.0.0 6.4.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware Centralized Third Party Jars (jackson-databind) 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.1.0.0 12.2.1.3.0 · 12.2.1.4.0 · 14.1.1.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware Centralized Thirdparty Jars (jackson-databind) 12.2.1.4.0 12.2.1.4.0 · 14.1.1.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware NextGen Installer issues (jackson-databind) Prior to 13.9.4.2.10
Oracle Fusion Middleware Runtime Server (jackson-databind) 12.2.1.4.0 12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Framework (jackson-databind) 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 12.2.1.3.0 · 12.2.1.4.0
Oracle GoldenGate GoldenGate Stream Analytics (jackson-databind) Prior to 19.1.0.0.8
Oracle Graph Server and Client Oracle Graph Server (jackson-databind) Prior to 22.2.0
Oracle Health Sciences Applications Web Services (jackson-databind) 9.1.0.52, 9.2.0.52 9.1.0.52 · 9.2.0.52
Oracle HealthCare Applications Data Studio (jackson-databind) 4.1 4.1
Oracle Insurance Applications Development Tools (jackson-databind) 12.6-12.7
Oracle JD Edwards E1 IOT Orchestrator Security (jackson-databind) 9.2.6.4 and prior
Oracle JD Edwards Monitoring and Diagnostics SEC (jackson-databind) 9.2.6.4 and prior
Oracle JD Edwards Web Runtime SEC (jackson-databind) 9.2.6.4 and prior
Oracle PeopleSoft Elastic Search (jackson-databind) 8.58, 8.59 8.58 · 8.59
Oracle Retail Applications Foundation (jackson-databind) 15.0.3.1 15.0.3.1
Oracle Retail Applications RSB Installation (jackson-databind) 14.1.3.2, 15.0.3.1, 16.0.3 14.1.3.2 · 15.0.3.1 · 16.0.3
Oracle Retail Applications others (jackson-databind) 15.0.3.1 15.0.3.1
Oracle Siebel CRM EAI (jackson-databind) 22.8 and prior
Oracle Spatial Studio Oracle Spatial Studio (jackson-databind) Prior to 22.1.0
Oracle Supply Chain AutoVue Client and Server (jackson-databind) 21.0.2 21.0.2
Oracle Supply Chain Autovue Client (jackson-databind) 21.0.2 21.0.2
Oracle Supply Chain WebClient (jackson-databind) 9.3.6 9.3.6
Oracle Systems Tools (jackson-databind) 4 4
Oracle Utilities Applications General (jackson-databind) 4.3.0.5.0, 4.3.0.6.0, 4.4.0.0.0, 4.4.0.2.0, 4.4.0.3.0, 4.5.0.0.0 4.3.0.5.0 · 4.3.0.6.0 · 4.4.0.0.0 · 4.4.0.2.0 · 4.4.0.3.0 · 4.5.0.0.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 2.13.0 2.13.2.1 unbounded
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind 0 2.12.6.1 unbounded

Products and versions

37 products, 77 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv com.fasterxml.jackson.core jackson-databind generic < 2.12.6.1 · ≥ 2.13.0 and < 2.13.2.1
nvd debian debian linux generic 9.0 · 10.0 · 11.0
nvd fasterxml jackson-databind generic < 2.12.6.1 · ≥ 2.13.0 and < 2.13.2.1
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic any version
nvd netapp cloud insights acquisition unit generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand insight generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand workflow automation generic any version
nvd netapp snap creator framework generic any version
nvd oracle big data spatial and graph generic < 23.1
nvd oracle coherence generic 14.1.1.0.0
nvd oracle commerce platform generic 11.3.0 · 11.3.1 · 11.3.2
nvd oracle communications billing and revenue management generic ≥ 12.0.0.4.0 and ≤ 12.0.0.6.0
nvd oracle communications cloud native core binding support function generic 22.1.3
nvd oracle communications cloud native core console generic 1.9.0
nvd oracle communications cloud native core network repository function generic 22.1.2 · 22.2.0
nvd oracle communications cloud native core network slice selection function generic 22.1.0 · 22.1.1
nvd oracle communications cloud native core security edge protection proxy generic 22.1.1
nvd oracle communications cloud native core service communication proxy generic 22.2.0
nvd oracle communications cloud native core unified data repository generic 22.2.0
nvd oracle financial services analytical applications infrastructure generic ≥ 8.0.7 and ≤ 8.1.0.0 · 8.1.1.0 · 8.1.2.0 · 8.1.2.1
nvd oracle financial services behavior detection platform generic 8.0.7.0.0 · 8.0.8 · ≥ 8.1.1.0 and ≤ 8.1.2.1
nvd oracle financial services crime and compliance management studio generic 8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0
nvd oracle financial services enterprise case management generic 8.0.7.1 · 8.0.7.2 · 8.0.8.0 · 8.0.8.1 · ≥ 8.1.1.0 and ≤ 8.1.2.1
nvd oracle financial services trade-based anti money laundering generic 8.0.7 · 8.0.8
nvd oracle global lifecycle management nextgen oui framework generic 13.9.4.2.2 · < 13.9.4.2.2
nvd oracle global lifecycle management opatch generic < 12.2.0.1.30
nvd oracle graph server and client generic < 22.2.0
nvd oracle health sciences empirica signal generic 9.1.0.5.2
nvd oracle peoplesoft enterprise peopletools generic 8.58 · 8.59
nvd oracle primavera gateway generic ≥ 17.12.0 and ≤ 17.12.11 · ≥ 18.8.0 and ≤ 18.8.14 · ≥ 19.12.0 and ≤ 19.12.13 · ≥ 20.12.0 and ≤ 20.12.18 · ≥ 21.12.0 and ≤ 21.12.1
nvd oracle primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management generic ≥ 17.12.0.0 and ≤ 17.12.20.4 · ≥ 18.8.0.0 and ≤ 18.8.25.4 · ≥ 19.12.0 and ≤ 19.12.19.0 · ≥ 20.12.0.0 and ≤ 21.12.4.0
nvd oracle primavera unifier generic ≥ 17.0 and ≤ 17.12 · 18.0 · 19.12 · 20.12 · 21.12
nvd oracle retail sales audit generic 15.0.3.1
nvd oracle sd-wan edge generic 9.0 · 9.1
nvd oracle spatial studio generic < 20.1.0
nvd oracle utilities framework generic 4.3.0.5.0 · 4.3.0.6.0 · 4.4.0.0.0 · 4.4.0.2.0 · 4.4.0.3.0 · 4.4.0.5.0
nvd oracle weblogic server generic 12.2.1.3.0 · 12.2.1.4.0 · 14.1.1.0.0

References

URLTags
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2816 WEB
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/0a8157c6ca478b1bc7be4ba7dccdb3863275f0de WEB
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/3cc52f82ecf943e06c1d7c3b078e405fb3923d2b WEB
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/8238ab41d0350fb915797c89d46777b4496b74fd WEB
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/b3587924ee5d8695942f364d0d404d48d0ea6126 WEB
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/fcfc4998ec23f0b1f7f8a9521c2b317b6c25892b WEB
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind PACKAGE
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.12 WEB
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.13 WEB
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00001.html WEB

Timeline

Published2022-03-11By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.