Forward-reference completion for @JsonIdentityInfo object IDs in FasterXML jackson-databind performs a linear scan of the pending-reference accumulator for every resolved ID. The affected paths are CollectionDeserializer.CollectionReferringAccumulator.resolveForwardReference() and the equivalent implementation in MapDeserializer. When a document first creates N unresolved object-ID references in an identity-enabled collection or map and then defines those same IDs in reverse order, completion performs on the order of N * (N + 1) / 2 identity comparisons, so a shallow document whose size grows linearly causes quadratic CPU work during deserialization. The reporter instrumented equals() calls on the ID class and measured exactly 2,003,000 comparisons at N = 2,000, against zero comparisons in the pending-reference lookup path for an equally sized control in which every reference was already resolved. The input requires no deep nesting and no syntactically unusual JSON. Exploitation requires an application that deserializes attacker-influenced JSON into an identity-enabled collection or map. The fix replaces the repeated linear lookup with a keyed pending-reference structure.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:22034-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-18401: Number Length Constraint Bypass in Async Parser Can Lead to Potential Processing Time     Issues       (bsc#1273856).
    - CVE-2026-19032: deserializer for `java.nio.file.Path` resolves attacker-supplied URIs without     restricting the URI       scheme (bsc#1277883).
    - CVE-2026-68494: Async parser maxNumberLength bypass via chunked digit accumulation (bsc#1273857).
    - CVE-2026-68497: An unauthenticated attacker can therefore submit a single request of a few megabytes     (bsc#1280125).
    - CVE-2026-68498: Enforce maxNameLength incrementally in ReaderBasedJsonParser (bsc#1282641).
    - CVE-2026-83557: incomplete `PolymorphicTypeValidator` denylist allows for arbitrary `Comparable`     deserialization       (bsc#1278008).
    - CVE-2026-89407: Optimize NumberInput.looksLikeValidNumber (bsc#1282645).
    - CVE-2026-89425: `UTF8DataInputJsonParser._reportInvalidToken()`lacks `maxErrorTokenLength` limit, which     allows for       unbounded `StringBuilder` growth and can lead to a DoS when malformed tokens are processed     (bsc#1282505).
    - CVE-2026-91776: `TypeDeserializerBase._findDeserializer()` caches the resolved deserializer under the     raw, attacker-       supplied type ID, which can lead to unbounded cache growth under certain configurations (bsc#1282491).
    - CVE-2026-91777: forward-reference completion for `@JsonIdentityInfo` object IDs performs a linear scan     of the pending-       reference accumulator for every resolved ID, which can lead to quadratic CPU work during deserialization       (bsc#1282492).

    Changes for jackson-annotations:

    - Update to 2.18.11

    Changes for jackson-core:

    - Update to 2.18.11
     * #1649: Optimize NumberInput.looksLikeValidNumber (bsc#1282645,      CVE-2026-89407)
     * #1698: UTF8DataInputJsonParser does not honor      maxErrorTokenLength when reporting an unrecognized token      (bsc#1282505, CVE-2026-89425)
     * #1642: Fix maxDocumentLength bypass in async parser      single-feedInput() case [GHSA-2c4j-63jj-9fqr]
     * #1643: Enforce maxNameLength incrementally in      ReaderBasedJsonParser (bsc#1282641, CVE-2026-68498)      of async parser (bsc#1273857, CVE-2026-68494)      non-blocking (async) parser (bsc#1273856, CVE-2026-18401)

    Changes for jackson-databind:

    - Update to 2.18.11
     * #6185: Bracket unresolved IPv6 host name in InetSocketAddress      serialization
     * #6203: Prevent unbounded growth of type id cache in      TypeDeserializer (bsc#1282491, CVE-2026-91776)
     * #6204: Avoid quadratic forward-reference resolution in      Collection/Map deserializers (bsc#1282492, CVE-2026-91777)
     * #6099: Resolve classes without initialization in      TypeFactory.findClass()
     * #6116: Reject non-ASCII digits in InetAddress literal validation
     * #6127: Add StreamReadConstraints number len constraint to      javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar and      javax.xml.datatype.Duration (bsc#1280125, CVE-2026-68497)
     * #6129: Limit the supported URL schemes for java.nio.file.Path      deserialization (bsc#1277883, CVE-2026-19032)
     * #6156: Add java.lang.Comparable in set of unsafe polymorphic      base types (bsc#1278008, CVE-2026-83557)
     * #6165: Apply number length limits to BigDecimal/BigInteger/      /Double/Float Map keys

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Forward-reference completion for @JsonIdentityInfo object IDs in FasterXML jackson-databind performs a
    linear scan of the pending-reference accumulator for every resolved ID. The affected paths are
    CollectionDeserializer.CollectionReferringAccumulator.resolveForwardReference() and the equivalent
    implementation in MapDeserializer. When a document first creates N unresolved object-ID references in an
    identity-enabled collection or map and then defines those same IDs in reverse order, completion performs
    on the order of N * (N + 1) / 2 identity comparisons, so a shallow document whose size grows linearly
    causes quadratic CPU work during deserialization. The reporter instrumented equals() calls on the ID class
    and measured exactly 2,003,000 comparisons at N = 2,000, against zero comparisons in the pending-reference
    lookup path for an equally sized control in which every reference was already resolved. The input requires
    no deep nesting and no syntactically unusual JSON. Exploitation requires an application that deserializes
    attacker-influenced JSON into an identity-enabled collection or map. The fix replaces the repeated linear
    lookup with a keyed pending-reference structure. (CVE-2026-91777)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4394-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-18401: Number Length Constraint Bypass in Async Parser Can Lead to Potential Processing Time     Issues       (bsc#1273856).
    - CVE-2026-68494: Async parser maxNumberLength bypass via chunked digit accumulation (bsc#1273857).
    - CVE-2026-68495: Ensure maxNameLength limit enforced for CBOR parser (bsc#1282639).
    - CVE-2026-68496: Ensure maxNameLength limit enforced for Smile parser (bsc#1282640).
    - CVE-2026-68498: Enforce maxNameLength incrementally in ReaderBasedJsonParser (bsc#1282641).
    - CVE-2026-89407: Optimize NumberInput.looksLikeValidNumber (bsc#1282645).
    - CVE-2026-89425: `UTF8DataInputJsonParser._reportInvalidToken()`lacks `maxErrorTokenLength` limit, which     allows for       unbounded `StringBuilder` growth and can lead to a DoS when malformed tokens are processed     (bsc#1282505).

    Changes for jackson-annotations:

    - Update to 2.18.11

    Changes for jackson-bom:

    - Update to 2.18.11

    Changes for jackson-core:

    - Update to 2.18.11
     * #1649: Optimize NumberInput.looksLikeValidNumber (bsc#1282645,      CVE-2026-89407)
     * #1698: UTF8DataInputJsonParser does not honor      maxErrorTokenLength when reporting an unrecognized token      (bsc#1282505, CVE-2026-89425)
     * #1642: Fix maxDocumentLength bypass in async parser      single-feedInput() case [GHSA-2c4j-63jj-9fqr]
     * #1643: Enforce maxNameLength incrementally in      ReaderBasedJsonParser (bsc#1282641, CVE-2026-68498)      of async parser (bsc#1273857, CVE-2026-68494)      non-blocking (async) parser (bsc#1273856, CVE-2026-18401)

    Changes for jackson-databind:

    - Update to 2.18.11
     * #6185: Bracket unresolved IPv6 host name in InetSocketAddress      serialization
     * #6203: Prevent unbounded growth of type id cache in      TypeDeserializer (bsc#1282491, CVE-2026-91776)
     * #6204: Avoid quadratic forward-reference resolution in      Collection/Map deserializers (bsc#1282492, CVE-2026-91777)
     * #6099: Resolve classes without initialization in      TypeFactory.findClass()
     * #6116: Reject non-ASCII digits in InetAddress literal validation
     * #6127: Add StreamReadConstraints number len constraint to      javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar and      javax.xml.datatype.Duration (bsc#1280125, CVE-2026-68497)
     * #6129: Limit the supported URL schemes for java.nio.file.Path      deserialization (bsc#1277883, CVE-2026-19032)
     * #6156: Add java.lang.Comparable in set of unsafe polymorphic      base types (bsc#1278008, CVE-2026-83557)
     * #6165: Apply number length limits to BigDecimal/BigInteger/      /Double/Float Map keys

    Changes for jackson-dataformat-xml:

    - Update to 2.18.11
     * Fix build to avoid past-JDK-8 bytecode generation
     * #891: Enforce StreamReadConstraints.maxNestingDepth in      FromXmlParser

    Changes for jackson-dataformats-binary:

    - Update to 2.18.11
     * #783: (protobuf) Support StreamReadConstraints.maxDocumentLength      in ProtobufParser
     * #785: (avro) Support StreamReadConstraints.maxDocumentLength and      maxTokenCount in Avro parser
     * #803: (ion) Support StreamReadConstraints.maxNestingDepth in Ion      parser (partial fix for #358)
     * #805: (ion) Support StreamReadConstraints.maxDocumentLength in      Ion parser (partial fix for #358)
     * #725: (cbor) Ensure maxNameLength limit enforced for CBOR parser      (bsc#1282639, CVE-2026-68495)
     * #726: (smile) Ensure maxNameLength limit enforced for Smile      parser (bsc#1282640, CVE-2026-68496)
     * #727: (cbor) CBORParser.nextFieldName(SerializableString)      confuses 5-bit length marker 23 with 24 ('1-byte length suffix      follows')
     * #728: (cbor) CBORParser.nextFieldName(SerializableString)      consumes Object entry slot twice on fast-path miss, truncating      definite-length Objects
     * #733: (cbor) Long `String`s not added to 'stringref' reference      table, breaking following references
     * #735: (cbor) 'stringref' property-name paths pass 5-bit length      marker instead of actual length to shouldReferenceString()
     * #736: (cbor) Long Object property names added to 'stringref'      reference table twice

    Changes for jackson-modules-base:

    - Update to 2.18.11

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Forward-reference completion for @JsonIdentityInfo object IDs in FasterXML jackson-databind performs a     linear scan of the pending-reference accumulator for every resolved ID. The affected paths are     CollectionDeserializer.CollectionReferringAccumulator.resolveForwardReference() and the equivalent     implementation in MapDeserializer. When a document first creates N unresolved object-ID references in an     identity-enabled collection or map and then defines those same IDs in reverse order, completion performs     on the order of N * (N + 1) / 2 identity comparisons, so a shallow document whose size grows linearly     causes quadratic CPU work during deserialization. The reporter instrumented equals() calls on the ID class     and measured exactly 2,003,000 comparisons at N = 2,000, against zero comparisons in the pending-reference     lookup path for an equally sized control in which every reference was already resolved. The input requires     no deep nesting and no syntactically unusual JSON. Exploitation requires an application that deserializes     attacker-influenced JSON into an identity-enabled collection or map. The fix replaces the repeated linear     lookup with a keyed pending-reference structure. (CVE-2026-91777)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
364341	openSUSE 16: jackson-annotations / jackson-annotations-javadoc / jackson-core / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22034-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
463096	Echo: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind, tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind: security update to 2.18.11	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
463096	Echo: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind, tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind: security update to 2.18.11	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
450406	SCA: security update for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind, tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind (GHSA-cxp5-3px4-pw24)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
450406	SCA: security update for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind, tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind (GHSA-cxp5-3px4-pw24)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
351412	SUSE SLED15: jackson-annotations / jackson-core / jackson-databind / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:4394-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
349504	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-91777	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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