#VU27032 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind - CVE-2020-11620
Published: April 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27032
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11620
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jackson-databind
jackson-databind
Software vendor:
FasterXML
FasterXML
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to "org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.Embedded" (aka commons-jelly). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.