SCA: security update for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (GHSA-qxxx-2pp7-5hmx)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423201

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, versions before 2.6.7.1, 2.7.9.1 and 2.8.9,
which could allow an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending the maliciously crafted
input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper. (CVE-2017-7525)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qxxx-2pp7-5hmx

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423201

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7525

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7525

BID: 99623