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SCA: security update for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (GHSA-5p34-5m6p-p58g)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423571

Description

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

 - FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.4 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets
 and typing, related to org.apache.hadoop.shaded.com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig (aka shaded hikari-config).
 (CVE-2020-9546)

Solution

Update the com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind library and its related packages to version 2.9.10.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p34-5m6p-p58g

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423571

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9546

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: 4/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9546

cwe: CWE-502