FasterXML Jackson-databind: security vulnerability (CVE-2020-35728)
Published Last modified Sources: BSI, OSV, CVE.org
What is affected, what to do
FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.8 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to com.oracle.wls.shaded.org.apache.xalan.lib.sql.JNDIConnectionPool (aka embedded Xalan in org.glassfish.web/javax.servlet.jsp.jstl).
Update FasterXML Jackson-databind to version 2.6.7.5, FasterXML Jackson-databind to version 2.9.10.8, Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Orchestrator to version 9.2.5.3.
- Affected
- FasterXML Jackson-databind
lt 2.0.0..2.6.7.5 - FasterXML Jackson-databind
lt 2.7.0..2.9.10.8 - Debian Linux
eq 9.0..9.0 - Oracle Agile PLM
eq 9.3.6..9.3.6 - Oracle Application Testing Suite
eq 13.3.0.1..13.3.0.1 - Oracle Autovue
eq 21.0.2..21.0.2 - Oracle Banking Corporate Lending Process Management
eq 14.2..14.2 - Oracle Banking Corporate Lending Process Management
eq 14.3..14.3 - Oracle Banking Corporate Lending Process Management
eq 14.5..14.5 - Oracle Banking Credit Facilities Process Management
eq 14.2..14.2 - Oracle Banking Credit Facilities Process Management
eq 14.3..14.3 - Oracle Banking Credit Facilities Process Management
eq 14.5..14.5 - Oracle Banking Extensibility Workbench
eq 14.2..14.2 - Oracle Banking Extensibility Workbench
eq 14.3..14.3 - Oracle Banking Extensibility Workbench
eq 14.5..14.5 - Oracle Banking Supply Chain Finance
eq 14.2..14.2 - Oracle Banking Supply Chain Finance
eq 14.3..14.3 - Oracle Banking Supply Chain Finance
eq 14.5..14.5 - Oracle Banking Treasury Management
eq 14.4..14.4 - Oracle Banking Virtual Account Management
eq 14.2.0..14.2.0 - Oracle Banking Virtual Account Management
eq 14.3.0..14.3.0 - Oracle Banking Virtual Account Management
eq 14.5.0..14.5.0 - Oracle Blockchain Platform
lte *..21.1.2 - Oracle Commerce Platform
lte 11.3.0..11.3.2 - Oracle Commerce Platform
eq 11.2.0..11.2.0 - Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management
eq 7.5.0.23.0..7.5.0.23.0 - Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management
eq 12.0.0.3.0..12.0.0.3.0 - Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy
eq 1.14.0..1.14.0 - Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Unified Data Repository
eq 1.4.0..1.4.0 - Oracle Communications Convergent Charging Controller
eq 12.0.4.0.0..12.0.4.0.0 - Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Route
lte 8.0.0.0..8.5.0.0 - Oracle Communications Element Manager
lte 8.2.0.0..8.2.4.0 - Oracle Communications Evolved Communications Application Server
eq 7.1..7.1 - Oracle Communications Network Charging And Control
eq 12.0.4.0.0..12.0.4.0.0 - Oracle Communications Policy Management
eq 12.5.0..12.5.0 - Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper
eq 7.0..7.0 - Oracle Communications Session Report Manager
lte 8.0.0.0..8.2.2.1 - Oracle Communications Session Route Manager
lte 8.2.0.0..8.2.2.1 - Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management
eq 7.4.1..7.4.1 - Oracle Data Integrator
eq 12.2.1.4.0..12.2.1.4.0 - Oracle Goldengate Application Adapters
eq 19.1.0.0.0..19.1.0.0.0 - Oracle Insurance Policy Administration
lte 11.1.0..11.3.0 - Oracle Insurance Policy Administration
eq 11.0.2..11.0.2 - Oracle Insurance Rules Palette
lte 11.1.0..11.3.0 - Oracle Insurance Rules Palette
eq 11.0.2..11.0.2 - Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Orchestrator
lt *..9.2.5.3 - Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools
lt *..9.2.5.3 - Oracle Primavera Gateway
lte 17.12.0..17.12.11 - Oracle Primavera Gateway
lte 18.8.0..18.8.11 - Oracle Primavera Gateway
lte 19.12.0..19.12.10 - Oracle Primavera Gateway
eq 20.12.0..20.12.0 - Oracle Primavera Unifier
lte 17.7..17.12 - Oracle Primavera Unifier
lte 18.8..19.12 - Oracle Primavera Unifier
eq 20.12..20.12 - Oracle Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation
lte 16.0..19.0 - Oracle Retail Merchandising System
eq 15.0.3..15.0.3 - Oracle Retail Service Backbone
eq 14.1.3.2..14.1.3.2 - Oracle Retail Service Backbone
eq 15.0.3.1..15.0.3.1 - Oracle Retail Service Backbone
eq 16.0.3.0..16.0.3.0 - Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
eq 16.0.6..16.0.6 - Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
eq 17.0.4..17.0.4 - Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
eq 18.0.3..18.0.3 - Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
eq 19.0.2..19.0.2 - Oracle WebCenter Portal
eq 12.2.1.3.0..12.2.1.3.0 - Oracle WebCenter Portal
eq 12.2.1.4.0..12.2.1.4.0
- FasterXML Jackson-databind
- Fixed in
- FasterXML Jackson-databind
2.6.7.5 - FasterXML Jackson-databind
2.9.10.8 - Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Orchestrator
9.2.5.3 - Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools
9.2.5.3
- FasterXML Jackson-databind
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Metrics
8.1
Priority
XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.
Source: NVD, CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS v3
Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.
Source: BSI, OSV, CVE.org
12.5 %
EPSS score
Elevated — model estimates 10-50% exploitation likelihood.
Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 96.2
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- Severity
- High
Priority (0–325)
The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?
Read in glossary- 114.54 Methodology
Exploit maturity
An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.
Read in glossary- no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS
XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.
Read in glossary- 8.1 Methodology
CVSS v3
CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.
Read in glossary- 8.1
EPSS score
The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.
Read in glossary- 12.5 %
- Elevated — model estimates 10-50% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile
The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.
Read in glossary- 96.2
- Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).
KEV status
The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.
Read in glossary- —
- Published
Detection rules
No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.
Classification under NIS2 and CRA
Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.
NIS2
NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.
Read in glossary- High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
CRA
The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.
Read in glossary- From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.
Read in glossary- Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.
Description
FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.8 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to com.oracle.wls.shaded.org.apache.xalan.lib.sql.JNDIConnectionPool (aka embedded Xalan in org.glassfish.web/javax.servlet.jsp.jstl).
Source: BSI CSAF, BSI WID Portal, OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities), cvelistv5, NVD (NIST)
Affected products
The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.
| Affected versions | Fixed in | ||
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| fasterxml | jackson-databind |
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| netapp | service_level_manager |
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| oracle | agile_product_lifecycle_management |
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| oracle | application_testing_suite |
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| oracle | autovue |
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| oracle | banking_corporate_lending_process_management |
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| oracle | banking_credit_facilities_process_management |
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| oracle | banking_extensibility_workbench |
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| oracle | banking_supply_chain_finance |
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| oracle | banking_treasury_management |
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| oracle | banking_virtual_account_management |
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| oracle | blockchain_platform |
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| oracle | commerce_platform |
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| oracle | communications_billing_and_revenue_management |
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| oracle | communications_cloud_native_core_policy |
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| oracle | communications_cloud_native_core_unified_data_repository |
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| oracle | communications_convergent_charging_controller |
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| oracle | communications_diameter_signaling_route |
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| oracle | communications_element_manager |
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| oracle | communications_evolved_communications_application_server |
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| oracle | communications_network_charging_and_control |
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| oracle | communications_policy_management |
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| oracle | communications_services_gatekeeper |
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| oracle | communications_session_report_manager |
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| oracle | communications_session_route_manager |
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| oracle | communications_unified_inventory_management |
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| oracle | data_integrator |
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| oracle | goldengate_application_adapters |
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| oracle | insurance_policy_administration |
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| oracle | insurance_rules_palette |
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| oracle | jd_edwards_enterpriseone_orchestrator |
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| oracle | jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools |
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| oracle | primavera_gateway |
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Vendors and products
- Debian Debian Linux
- Dell Dell ECS
- Fasterxml FasterXML Jackson-databind
- NetApp NetApp Service Level Manager
- Oracle Oracle Agile PLM
- Oracle Oracle Application Testing Suite
- Oracle Oracle AutoVue 3D Professional Advanced
- Oracle Banking Corporate Lending Process Management
- Oracle Banking Credit Facilities Process Management
- Oracle Banking Extensibility Workbench
- Oracle Banking Supply Chain Finance
- Oracle Oracle Banking Treasury Management
Affected operating systems
| Linux | debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
References & sources
- NVD (NIST)vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35728advisory
- github.comFasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2999web, x_refsource_MISC
- github.comFasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/1ca0388c2fb37ac6a06f1c188ae89…web
- github.comFasterXML/jackson-databindpackage
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210424 [SECURITY] [DLA 2638-1] jackson-databind security updateweb, Mailing list, x_refsource_MLIST
- medium.com@cowtowncoder/on-jackson-cves-dont-panic-here-is-what-you-need-…web
- security.netapp.comadvisory/ntap-20210129-0007web
- oracle.comsecurity-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlweb, x_refsource_MISC
- oracle.comsecurity-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlweb, x_refsource_MISC
- oracle.comsecurity-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlweb, x_refsource_MISC
- oracle.comsecurity-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlweb, x_refsource_MISC
- oracle.comsecurity-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlweb, x_refsource_MISC
- oracle.comsecurity-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlweb, x_refsource_MISC
- medium.com@cowtowncoder/on-jackson-cves-dont-panic-here-is-what-you-need-…x_refsource_MISC
- security.netapp.comadvisory/ntap-20210129-0007x_refsource_CONFIRM
Changes to this CVE
Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).
Product identifiers remappedNVD
Product mapping changed:- Oracle Agile PLM (9.3.6)
Show the original change
Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Product configuration changed OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_plm:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:agile_product_lifecycle_management:9.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Source identifier: nvd@nist.gov
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