Vulnerability in com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (CVE-2026-54515)
Summary
Vulnerability in com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (CVE-2026-54515). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via contextual. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.18.9 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
In BeanDeserializerBase.createContextual(), per-property @JsonIgnoreProperties exclusions are applied by _handleByNameInclusion(), producing a contextual deserializer whose BeanPropertyMap has the ignored properties removed. The subsequent per-property case-insensitivity block (triggered by @JsonFormat(ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_PROPERTIES)) rebuilds from this._beanProperties (the original, unfiltered map) instead of contextual._beanProperties, then overwrites the filtered map — restoring every property _handleByNameInclusion had just removed. The ignored property becomes writable again.
Impact
An application that both enables case-insensitive matching and relies on per-property @JsonIgnoreProperties to keep a field unwritable can have that field set from untrusted JSON (mass-assignment-style write).
Affected / Patched
Will be fixed in 2.18.9, 2.21.5, 2.22.1 and 3.1.4.
Severity / CWE
Maintainer: minor. Reporter: Moderate. CWE-915.
Upstream fix
FasterXML/jackson-databind#5962 (PR #5964, 0e1b0b2), milestone 3.1.4. Released 2026-06-04.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-54515 has been found in com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like contextual over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to 2.18.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind CVE-2026-54515" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-54515 (com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind) — CWE-915 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: contextual / BeanPropertyMap / this._beanProperties / contextual._beanProperties
Patched: 2.18.9 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-915) exists in com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via contextual without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind. Attack surface: contextual / BeanPropertyMap / this._beanProperties / contextual._beanProperties.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 2.18.9.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Apply patch patch
Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to 2.18.9ステージング環境で 2.18.9 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54515 jackson-databind
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54515 jackson-databind
References
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