Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-35728

Title: Deserialization Vulnerability in FasterXML jackson-databind

Deserialization

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2020-35728

CWE Category CWE-502
Published Date Dec 27, 2020
Modified Date Aug 27, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 8.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
12.50%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-35728: FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.8 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to com.oracle.wls.shaded.org.apache.xalan.lib.sql.JNDIConnectionPool (aka embedded Xalan in org.glassfish.web/javax.servlet.jsp.jstl).

Impacted Vendors

O
oracle 37
N
netapp 1
F
fasterxml 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2999 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00025.html https://medium.com/%40cowtowncoder/on-jackson-cves-dont-panic-here-is-what-you-need-to-know-54cd0d6e8062 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0007/ https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2999 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00025.html https://medium.com/%40cowtowncoder/on-jackson-cves-dont-panic-here-is-what-you-need-to-know-54cd0d6e8062 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0007/ https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-35728 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/Al1ex/CVE-2020-35728
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.