CVE-2020-36184 Unsafe Deserialization in jackson-databind

What is CVE-2020-36184?

CVE-2020-36184 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.8 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.datasources.PerUserPoolDataSource.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36184?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind. It affects 45 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fasterxml Jackson-Databind, Netapp Cloud Backup, Netapp Service Level Manager, Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management, Oracle Application Testing Suite and 39 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36184?

Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to 2.9.10.8 or later.

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

Is CVE-2020-36184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36184, GHSA-m6x4-97wx-4q27, ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2020-36184, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36184.