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jackson-databind possible Denial of Service if using JDK serialization to serialize JsonNode

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 19, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 23, 2023

Package

maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.10.0, < 2.12.6
>= 2.13.0, < 2.13.1

Patched versions

2.12.6
2.13.1

Description

jackson-databind 2.10.x through 2.12.x before 2.12.6 and 2.13.x before 2.13.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (2 GB transient heap usage per read) in uncommon situations involving JsonNode JDK serialization.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 18, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 19, 2023
Reviewed Mar 20, 2023
Last updated Mar 23, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2021-46877

GHSA ID

GHSA-3x8x-79m2-3w2w
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