CVE-2018-14720 XML External Entity Reference (XXE) in jackson-databind

What is CVE-2018-14720?

CVE-2018-14720 is a critical vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.

Weakness: CWE-611, CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14720?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind. It affects 12 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fasterxml Jackson-Databind, Oracle Banking Platform, Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management, Oracle Enterprise Manager for Virtualization, Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14720?

Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.9.5, 2.8.11.3 or 2.9.7.

Is CVE-2018-14720 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-AC73496, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14720, GHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14720.