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Advisory record · GHSA-cggj-fvv3-cqwv

FasterXML jackson-databind allows unauthenticated remote code execution

CVSS 9.8 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.20 · 97th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.
  • CVSS score 9.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.20 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 16 Oct 2018, 17:45 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindMaven>=2.8.0, <2.8.11.1 || >=2.9.0, <2.9.5 || >=2.7.0, <2.7.9.3 || <2.6.7.52.8.11.1, 2.9.5, 2.7.9.3, 2.6.7.5
Identifiers
GHSA-cggj-fvv3-cqwv · CVE-2018-7489
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-184 · CWE-502
Tags
Published
16 Oct 2018
Updated
15 Mar 2024

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.8 Critical 3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.20, the 97th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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