CVE-2020-9548FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.4 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 18.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.10.4 mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing, related to br.com.anteros.dbcp.AnterosDBCPConfig (aka anteros-core).
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- FasterXML Jackson Databind <=2.9.10.4 - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-9548.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.9% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindGHSA-p43x-xfjf-5jhr (opens in a new tab)
References
References16
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200305 [SECURITY] [DLA 2135-1] jackson-databind security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [zookeeper-issues] 20200307 [jira] [Created] (ZOOKEEPER-3750) update jackson-databind to address CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548, CVE-2020-9546 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [zookeeper-dev] 20200307 [jira] [Created] (ZOOKEEPER-3750) update jackson-databind to address CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548, CVE-2020-9546 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [zookeeper-issues] 20200307 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-3750) update jackson-databind to address CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548, CVE-2020-9546 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [zookeeper-issues] 20200308 [jira] [Commented] (ZOOKEEPER-3750) update jackson-databind to address CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548, CVE-2020-9546 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [zookeeper-issues] 20200319 [jira] [Commented] (ZOOKEEPER-3750) update jackson-databind to address CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548, CVE-2020-9546 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [zookeeper-issues] 20200319 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-3750) update jackson-databind to address CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548, CVE-2020-9546 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [zookeeper-issues] 20200430 [jira] [Resolved] (ZOOKEEPER-3750) update jackson-databind to address CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548, CVE-2020-9546 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://medium.com/%40cowtowncoder/on-jackson-cves-dont-panic-here-is-what-you-need-to-know-54cd0d6e8062 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2634 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [geode-issues] 20200831 [jira] [Created] (GEODE-8471) Dependency security issues in geode-core-1.12 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-0433 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p43x-xfjf-5jhr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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