CVE-2018-19361 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind

What is CVE-2018-19361?

CVE-2018-19361 is a critical unsafe deserialization 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 2.9.8 might allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to block the openjpa class from polymorphic deserialization.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19361?

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 Business Process Management Suite, Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, Oracle Primavera Unifier, Oracle Retail Workforce Management Software and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19361?

Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.9.5, 2.8.11.3 or 2.9.8.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2018-19361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19361 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-ZM98203, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19361, GHSA-mx9v-gmh4-mgqw, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19361.