CVE-2020-11619 jackson-databind mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing

What is CVE-2020-11619?

CVE-2020-11619 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Apr 2020. 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 2.9.10.4 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to org.springframework.aop.config.MethodLocatingFactoryBean (aka spring-aop).

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11619?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind. It affects 21 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fasterxml Jackson-Databind, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage, Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management, Oracle Banking Platform and 15 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11619?

Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to 2.9.10.4 or later.

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

Is CVE-2020-11619 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11619 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11619, GHSA-27xj-rqx5-2255, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11619.