Vulnerability in Apache Johnzon (CVE-2026-71253)
Summary
Vulnerability in Apache Johnzon (CVE-2026-71253). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Apache Johnzon.
ClassConverter loads & static-initializes an attacker-named class from untrusted JSON.
This issue affects Apache Johnzon: from 1.0.0 before 2.2.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.3.1 (javax namespace) or 2.2.0 (jakarta specification namespace), which fixes the issue.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-71253 has been found in Apache Johnzon.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Apache Johnzon CVE-2026-71253" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-71253 (Apache Johnzon) — CWE-470
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-470) exists in Apache Johnzon.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Apache Johnzon.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
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 Apache Johnzon 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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2Post-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。
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web security@apache.org
- web security@apache.org
- web security@apache.org
- web github.com