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CVE-2026-83557: CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in FasterXML jackson-databind

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-83557cvecve-2026-83557cwe-502cwe-915
Published: 09/01/2026 (09/01/2026, 14:57:01 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: FasterXML
Product: jackson-databind

Description

DefaultBaseTypeLimitingValidator is the PolymorphicTypeValidator applied automatically whenever @JsonTypeInfo is used without an explicitly configured custom validator. It denies polymorphic resolution only for a fixed set of "unsafe base types", and its isSafeSubType method returns true unconditionally for every base type outside that set. java.lang.Comparable was absent from the list despite being implemented by a very large fraction of JDK and application classes, comparable in breadth to java.io.Serializable, which is on the list for that reason. An application declaring an @JsonTypeInfo-annotated property or class with Comparable as its base type, and no custom PolymorphicTypeValidator, will accept a type identifier for essentially any class implementing Comparable. This yields an attacker-controlled object instantiation primitive; a demonstrated case constructs a java.io.File for an arbitrary attacker-chosen path, which becomes path-traversal-adjacent if the application subsequently calls path-sensitive methods on the value. No class implementing Comparable has been identified that yields code execution through deserialization alone. Global Default Typing via activateDefaultTyping is not affected, because that method structurally requires an explicit PolymorphicTypeValidator argument. This affects com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 2.11.0 before 2.18.10, from 2.19.0 before 2.21.6, and from 2.22.0 before 2.22.2, and tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 3.0.0 before 3.1.6 and from 3.2.0 before 3.2.2. Users should upgrade to 2.18.10, 2.21.6, 2.22.2, 3.1.6, or 3.2.2.

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.6medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected software

FasterXML/com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind
pkg:maven/FasterXML/com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind
Affected versions
>=2.11.0 <2.18.10>=2.19.0 <2.21.6>=2.22.0 <2.22.2
FasterXML/tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind
pkg:maven/FasterXML/tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind
Affected versions
>=3.0.0 <3.1.6>=3.2.0 <3.2.2

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
HeroDevs
Date Reserved
2026-08-31T18:32:14.405Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a96ea3eacd9273b49dac365

Added to database: 09/01/2026, 15:07:42 UTC

Last updated: 09/01/2026, 15:44:57 UTC

Views: 5

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