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CVE-2018-5968

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 22, 2018 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC
9 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenShift Container PlatformJBoss Enterprise Application Platform· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.11 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete fix for the CVE-2017-7525 and CVE-2017-17485 deserialization flaws. This is exploitable via two different gadgets that bypass a blacklist.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
8.09.0
Jackson Databind· Fasterxmlmaven
95%
2.0.0 ≤ v < 2.6.7.32.7.0 ≤ v < 2.7.9.22.8.0 ≤ v < 2.8.11.12.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.4*
Affected range stops below 2.6.7.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.7.9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
E Series Santricity OS Controller· NetApp
95%
11.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.60.3*
E Series Santricity Web Services Proxy· NetApp
95%
-
Oncommand Shift· NetApp
95%
-
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform· Red Hatrpm
95%
7.1
redhat-enterprise-linux-server (environment)
OpenShift Container Platform· Red Hatcontainer
95%
3.114.1
redhat-enterprise-linux-server (environment)
Virtualization· Red Hatrpm
95%
4.0
redhat-enterprise-linux-server (environment)
Virtualization Host· Red Hat
95%
4.0
redhat-enterprise-linux-server (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (12)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0481
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1525
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/1899

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-184CWE-502

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