`CVE-2026-68497`

7.5 High Protected by RASP

Published 4 days ago. NVD backfills CPE data for days or weeks after publication, and OSV and the exploit indexes lag too. Scope and status here may change.

Description

jackson-databind binds a JSON string to a javax.xml.datatype.Duration or javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar field by passing the raw string verbatim to DatatypeFactory.newDuration(value) or newXMLGregorianCalendar(value) in CoreXMLDeserializers.Std._deserialize. These deserializers are registered by default with no opt-in, so a plain ObjectMapper or JsonMapper with no polymorphic typing and no special configuration reaches this path. The XML Schema lexical grammar permits numeric components of arbitrary length, which the JDK materializes through the native BigInteger(String) and BigDecimal(String) constructors, both quadratic in digit count. Because the digits sit inside a JSON string token rather than a JSON number token, jackson-core's StreamReadConstraints.maxNumberLength guard never applies; jackson's own NumberDeserializers call validateIntegerLength or validateFPLength before parsing a stringified number, but the XML datatype deserializer omits that pre-check. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore submit a single request of a few megabytes, such as a Duration value consisting of the letter P followed by several million digits and the letter Y, and force tens of seconds to several minutes of single-threaded CPU work; a handful of concurrent requests can saturate a server's worker threads. This affects com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 2.0.0 before 2.18.10, from 2.19.0 before 2.21.6, and from 2.22.0 before 2.22.2, and tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 3.0.0 before 3.1.6 and from 3.2.0 before 3.2.2. Users should upgrade to 2.18.10, 2.21.6, 2.22.2, 3.1.6, or 3.2.2.

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumptionCWE-1333

Exploitation Status

Proof of concept only

A proof of concept exists, but no reviewed exploit catalogue carries this CVE. Demonstrating a defect and weaponising it are different amounts of work.

CVSS E:P

CISA KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: poc CISA concluded an exploit has been demonstrated, typically from a vendor advisory, which leaves no artifact to index. Automatable: yes, technical impact: partial.
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 0.58% chance in 30 days

Waratek Defense Posture

Protected by RASP

A Waratek agent blocks this today.

Applicable rule: Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a deserialization vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR deserialization security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).

Protection full a general security rule for the vulnerability class
Action available security rule
Review automated inferred
Record active

Decided by secure-rule-match : A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

Finding Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a deserialization vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR deserialization security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).

Candidate fix https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/a99b7e74c8928f43f6975773a8c862c8316178bd : a commit: the change itself

Decided by	`secure-rule-match` : A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding	Promoted to MITIGATED-BY-RASP (security rule): this CVE's description identifies a deserialization vulnerability that can be mitigated by an ARMR deserialization security rule at the JVM level, without requiring a CVE-specific patch. Matched by description (no specific CWE was assigned by NVD).
Candidate fix	https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/a99b7e74c8928f43f6975773a8c862c8316178bd : a commit: the change itself

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 1 metric

VRT selects the newest version's highest entry and publishes it as cvssScore, newest rather than largest because scores are not comparable across versions, and highest rather than first because the first entry is frequently a CNA placeholder scoring 0.0 over NVD's own analysis.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

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 HeroDevs Secondary published

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
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`	HeroDevs	Secondary	published

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/a99b7e74c8928f43f6975773a8c862c8316178bd	commit
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/pull/6127
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/security/advisories/GHSA-q4xh-88c3-wmh7

URL

Timeline

Published 2026-09-11 Last modified 2026-09-11

Published	2026-09-11	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-09-11	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2026-09-11

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-09-11

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Pipeline policy audit (16 of 21 rules evaluated)

16 of 21 rules ran. The rest were never reached, because an earlier stage settled the CVE, a distinct claim from a rule that ran and found nothing.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? first match wins

1 rejected no-match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is the vulnerability ARMR's to address? first match wins

2 armr-patch-file no-match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no-match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no-match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no-match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no-match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no-match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in. Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 osv-maven no-match An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central

9 cna-maven-package matched Queued for review CNA declares the affected component is a Maven artifact

10 known-cpe-product not-reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

11 cna-cpe-product not-reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

12 oracle-advisory-family not-reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

13 non-deployable-product not-reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

14 unmatched-product not-reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? cumulative: every rule gets a turn

15 patch-hint matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (commit tier): https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/a99b7e74c8928f43f6975773a8c862c8316178bd

16 open-source-maven skipped The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

17 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

18 no-exploit skipped With no fix path, a public exploit, or a CISA record of one

19 secure-rule-match decided it matched Protected by RASP Description mentions "deserialization" — mitigable by an ARMR deserialization security rule (CWE not assigned).

20 below-action-threshold skipped Medium or Low severity, no KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

21 no-exploit-published skipped A published working exploit for this candidate, not only a proof of concept, a forecast, or nothing at all

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