CVE-2017-17485

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 49.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.10 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete fix for the CVE-2017-7525 deserialization flaw. This is exploitable by sending maliciously crafted JSON input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper, bypassing a blacklist that is ineffective if the Spring libraries are available in the classpath.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
FasterXML jackson-databind: before 2.6.7.3; from 2.7.0 before 2.7.9.2; from 2.8.0 before 2.8.11; from 2.9.0 before 2.9.4 — fixed in 2.6.7.3, 2.7.9.2, 2.8.11, 2.9.4
E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x: from 11.0.0 through 11.60.3
NetApp E-Series Santricity Web Services Proxy: all versions
NetApp Oncommand Shift: all versions
NetApp SnapCenter: all versions
Red Hat JBoss EAP: 6.0.0, 6.4.0, 7.1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18: 4.1, 3.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FasterXML jackson-databind 2.6.7.3, 2.7.9.2, 2.8.11, 2.9.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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