CVE-2026-54513
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-06-23 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-14 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
jackson-databind contains the general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model for Jackson Data Processor. From 2.10.0 until 2.18.8, 2.21.4, and 3.1.4, BasicPolymorphicTypeValidator.Builder.allowIfSubTypeIsArray() allowlists any array type based only on clazz.isArray(), without validating the array's component (element) type against the configured allowlist. A PTV built with allowIfSubTypeIsArray() plus an explicit concrete-type allowlist therefore still permits EvilType[] even though EvilType is not allowlisted. When Jackson deserializes the elements and no per-element type IDs are present, it instantiates the component type directly with no further PTV check, bypassing the allowlist. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.18.8, 2.21.4, and 3.1.4.
Affected
References
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/01d1692c8d0ed03e51a0e3c4f8a9e6908e4931e5
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/24529da29fdf46ff94ca38de9ebf31cd188f5e8e
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/5981
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/5983
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/pull/5984
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/security/advisories/GHSA-rmj7-2vxq-3g9f
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36839
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40895
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43218
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43400
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44061
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44063
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44065
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44066
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44271
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48095
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48151
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50846
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50847
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50848
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50849
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54435
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54622
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62260
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66488
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66545
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54513