CVE-2023-35116
jackson-databind: denial of service via cylic dependencies
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 14, 2023
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
jackson-databind through 2.15.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact via a crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies. NOTE: the vendor's perspective is that this is not a valid vulnerability report, because the steps of constructing a cyclic data structure and trying to serialize it cannot be achieved by an external attacker.
Statement
This CVE is disputed by the component developers and is under reconsideration by NIST. As such, it should be excluded from scanning utilities or other compliance systems until the dispute is finalized.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
jackson-databind should not be used to deserialize untrusted inputs. User inputs should be validated and sanitized before processing.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling