CVE-2019-16942

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 1, 2019 at 04:04 PM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
28 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraActive IQ Unified Manager· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind 2.0.0 through 2.9.10. When Default Typing is enabled (either globally or for a specific property) for an externally exposed JSON endpoint and the service has the commons-dbcp (1.4) jar in the classpath, and an attacker can find an RMI service endpoint to access, it is possible to make the service execute a malicious payload. This issue exists because of org.apache.commons.dbcp.datasources.SharedPoolDataSource and org.apache.commons.dbcp.datasources.PerUserPoolDataSource mishandling.

Affected

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

2.0.0 ≤ v < 2.6.7.32.8.0 ≤ v < 2.8.11.52.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.10.1*
Affected range stops below 2.6.7.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≥ 7.3v ≥ 9.5*

Runs on — not affected

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

References (29)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3901
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0159
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0160
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0161
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0164
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0445
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-7255

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-502

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