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High · 8.8 Public exploit CVE-2020-10673 EUVD-2020-0423GHSA-fqwf-pjwf-7vqv

jackson-databind mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing

Published Mar 18, 2020 · Updated Aug 27, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.4 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to com.caucho.config.types.ResourceRef (aka caucho-quercus).

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 jackson-databind 2.11.1-1 —
Debian 13 jackson-databind 2.11.1-1 —
Debian 12 jackson-databind 2.11.1-1 —
Debian 8 jackson-databind 2.4.2-2+deb8u13 DLA-2153-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS jackson-databind No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS jackson-databind 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 USN-4813-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS jackson-databind No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 apache-commons-collections 3.2.2-10.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 apache-commons-lang 2.6-21.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 bea-stax +1 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 glassfish-fastinfoset 1.2.13-9.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 glassfish-jaxb +3 2.2.11-11.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 glassfish-jaxb-api 2.2.12-8.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 jackson-core +2 2.10.0-1.module+el8.2.0+5059+3eb3af25 RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 jackson-jaxrs-providers +1 2.9.9-1.module+el8.1.0+3832+9784644d RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 jackson-module-jaxb-annotations 2.7.6-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 jakarta-commons-httpclient 1:3.1-28.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 javassist +1 3.18.1-8.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 jss +1 4.6.2-4.module+el8.2.0+6123+b4678599 RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 ldapjdk +1 4.21.0-2.module+el8.2.0+4573+c3c38c7b RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 pki-ca +8 10.8.3-1.module+el8.2.0+5925+bad5981a RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 pki-servlet-engine +1 1:9.0.7-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 python-nss +2 1.0.1-10.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 relaxngDatatype 2011.1-7.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 resteasy 3.0.26-3.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 slf4j +1 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 tomcatjss 7.4.1-2.module+el8.2.0+4573+c3c38c7b RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 xerces-j2 2.11.0-34.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 xml-commons-apis 1.4.01-25.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 xml-commons-resolver 1.2-26.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 xmlstreambuffer 1.5.4-8.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
RHEL 8 xsom 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:1644
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus 7 eap7-apache-cxf +3 3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7 RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus 7 eap7-jackson-databind 2.8.11.6-2.SP1_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus 7 eap7-jettison 1.3.8-2.redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus 7 eap7-netty +1 4.1.63-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus 7 eap7-resteasy +16 3.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus 7 eap7-snakeyaml 1.33.0-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus 7 eap7-velocity 1.7.0-3.redhat_00006.1.ep7.el7 RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus 7 eap7-wildfly +1 7.1.9-2.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7 RHSA-2025:1746
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-dom4j 2.1.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-elytron-web +1 1.2.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-glassfish-jsf 2.3.5-13.SP3_redhat_00011.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hal-console 3.0.23-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hibernate +4 5.3.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hibernate-validator +1 6.0.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-infinispan +8 9.4.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3463, RHSA-2020:3462, RHSA-2020:3461
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-ironjacamar +8 1.4.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jackson-core +9 2.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3463, RHSA-2020:3462, RHSA-2020:3461
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jackson-databind 2.9.10.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-genericjms 2.0.6-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-jsf-api_2.3_spec 2.3.5-7.SP2_redhat_00005.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-logmanager 2.1.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-modules 1.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-server-migration +23 1.3.1-13.Final_redhat_00014.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-server-migration-eap7.3-server +6 1.7.1-7.Final_redhat_00009.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3463, RHSA-2020:3462, RHSA-2020:3461
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-xnio-base 3.7.6-4.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-netty +1 4.1.48-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3463, RHSA-2020:3462, RHSA-2020:3461
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-resteasy +19 3.6.1-10.SP9_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-undertow 2.0.30-4.SP4_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-weld-ejb +6 3.0.6-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly +2 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-common 1.5.2-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3463, RHSA-2020:3462, RHSA-2020:3461
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-elytron 1.6.8-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-elytron-tool 1.10.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3463, RHSA-2020:3462, RHSA-2020:3461
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-http-client +4 1.0.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-java-jdk8 +1 7.2.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3462
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-transaction-client 1.1.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap RHSA-2020:3639, RHSA-2020:3638, RHSA-2020:3637

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 apache-commons-collections 3.2.2-10.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 apache-commons-lang 2.6-21.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 bea-stax-api 1.2.0-16.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 glassfish-fastinfoset 1.2.13-9.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 glassfish-jaxb-api 2.2.12-8.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 glassfish-jaxb-core +2 2.2.11-11.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 jackson-core +2 2.10.0-1.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 jackson-jaxrs-providers +1 2.9.9-1.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 jackson-module-jaxb-annotations 2.7.6-4.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 jakarta-commons-httpclient 1:3.1-28.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 javassist +1 3.18.1-8.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 python3-nss +1 1.0.1-10.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00.alma ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 relaxngDatatype 2011.1-7.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 slf4j +1 1.7.25-4.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 velocity 1.7-24.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 xerces-j2 2.11.0-34.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 xml-commons-apis 1.4.01-25.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 xml-commons-resolver 1.2-26.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 xmlstreambuffer 1.5.4-8.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644
AlmaLinux 8 xsom 0-19.20110809svn.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00 ALSA-2020:1644

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 apache-commons-collections 3.2.2-10.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 apache-commons-lang 2.6-21.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 glassfish-fastinfoset 1.2.13-9.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 glassfish-jaxb 2.2.11-11.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 glassfish-jaxb-api 2.2.12-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 jackson-core +2 2.10.0-1.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 jackson-jaxrs-providers 2.9.9-1.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 jackson-module-jaxb-annotations 2.7.6-4.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 jakarta-commons-httpclient 1:3.1-28.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 javassist 3.18.1-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 python-nss 1.0.1-10.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 relaxngDatatype 2011.1-7.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 resteasy 3.0.26-3.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+74+855e3f5d RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 xerces-j2 2.11.0-34.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 xml-commons-apis 1.4.01-25.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 xml-commons-resolver 1.2-26.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 xmlstreambuffer 1.5.4-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644
Rocky Linux 8 xsom 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:1644

Public exploits

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GitHub 2 repositories

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind >= 2.7.0, < 2.9.10.4 2.9.10.4 GHSA-fqwf-pjwf-7vqv
Maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind >= 2.0.0, < 2.6.7.4 2.6.7.4 GHSA-fqwf-pjwf-7vqv

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