SCA: security update for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (GHSA-h592-38cm-4ggp)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423067

Description

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

- A deserialization flaw was discovered in the jackson-databind in versions before 2.8.10 and 2.9.1, which
could allow an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending the maliciously crafted input to
the readValue method of the ObjectMapper. This issue extends the previous flaw CVE-2017-7525 by
blacklisting more classes that could be used maliciously. (CVE-2017-15095)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h592-38cm-4ggp

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423067

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15095

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15095

BID: 103880