Red Hat Security Advisory: Apicurio Registry (container images) release and security update [ 3.3.3 GA ]
Description
This update for jackson-annotations, jackson-core, jackson-databind fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-54512: jackson-databind has a PolymorphicTypeValidator bypass via generic type parameters that allows arbitrary class instantiation (bsc#1268897). - CVE-2026-54513: jackson-databind has an array subtype allowlist bypass in BasicPolymorphicTypeValidator (bsc#1268898). - CVE-2026-54514: InetSocketAddress deserialization triggers eager DNS resolution (bsc#1268899). - CVE-2026-54515: jackson-databind has case-insensitive deserialization bypasses per-property @JsonIgnoreProperties (bsc#1268902). - document length constraint bypass in blocking, async, and DataInput parsers (bsc#1268603). Changes for jackson-annotations: - Update to 2.18.8 * No changes since 2.17.3 Changes for jackson-core: - Update to 2.18.8 * Changes of 2.18.8 + #1611: Apply number-length validator on streaming integer path of async parser * Changes of 2.18.7 + #1570: Fail parsing from 'DataInput' if 'StreamReadConstraints .getMaxDocumentLength()' set (bsc#1268603, GHSA-2m67-wjpj-xhg9) + #1600: Rework 3rd party licenses in jar + #1602: 'UTF8DataInputJsonParser' needs to enforce 'StreamReadConstraints.maxNameLength' limit * Changes of 2.18.6 + #1512: Number-parsing fix for 'UTF8DataInputJsonParser' + #1548: 'StreamReadConstraints.maxDocumentLength' not checked when creating parser with fixed buffer + #1555: Enforce 'StreamReadConstraints.maxNumberLength' for non-blocking (async) parser * Changes of 2.18.5 + #1433: 'JsonParser#getNumberType()' throws 'JsonParseException' when the current token is non-numeric instead of returning null + #1446: Invalid package reference to "java.lang.foreign" from 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core' (from 'FastDoubleParser') * Changes of 2.18.3 + #1391: Fix issue where the parser can read back old number state when parsing later numbers + #1397: Jackson changes additional values to infinite in case of special JSON structures and existing infinite values + #1398: Fix issue that feature COMBINE_UNICODE_SURROGATES_IN_UTF8 doesn't work when custom characterEscape is used * Changes of 2.18.2 + #1359: Non-surrogate characters being incorrectly combined when 'JsonWriteFeature.COMBINE_UNICODE_SURROGATES_IN_UTF8' is enabled * Changes of 2.18.1 + #1353: Use fastdoubleparser 1.0.90 * Changes of 2.18. + #223: 'UTF8JsonGenerator' writes supplementary characters as a surrogate pair: should use 4-byte encoding + #1230: Improve performance of 'float' and 'double' parsing from 'TextBuffer' + #1251: 'InternCache' replace synchronized with 'ReentrantLock' - the cache size limit is no longer strictly enforced for performance reasons but we should never go far about the limit + #1252: 'ThreadLocalBufferManager' replace synchronized with 'ReentrantLock' + #1257: Increase InternCache default max size from 100 to 200 + #1262: Add diagnostic method 'pooledCount()' in 'RecyclerPool' + #1264: Rename shaded 'ch.randelshofer:fastdoubleparser' classes to prevent use by downstream consumers + #1271: Deprecate 'LockFreePool' implementation in 2.18 (remove from 3.0) + #1274: 'NUL'-corrupted keys, values on JSON serialization + #1277: Add back Java 22 optimisation in FastDoubleParser + #1284: Optimize 'JsonParser.getDoubleValue()/getFloatValue() /getDecimalValue()' to avoid String allocation + #1305: Make helper methods of 'WriterBasedJsonGenerator' non-final to allow overriding + #1310: Add new 'StreamReadConstraints' ('maxTokenCount') to limit maximum number of Tokens allowed per document# + #1331: Update to FastDoubleParser v1.0.1 to fix 'BigDecimal' decoding proble Changes for jackson-databind: - Update to 2.18.8 * Changes of 2.18.8 + #5950: Improve 'UUIDeserializer' error handling + #5951: Improve 'InetSocketAddress' deserialization (bsc#1268899, CVE-2026-54514) + #5969: '@JsonView' by-passed for some "setterless" creator properties + #5971: '@JsonView' by-passed for unwrapped creator parameters + #5974: '@JsonIgnore' on Record property ignored with 'PropertyNamingStrategy' + #5981: 'BasicPolymorphicTypeValidator' setting 'allowIfSubTypeIsArray()' should validate element type (bsc#1268898, CVE-2026-54513) + #5988: 'PolymorphicTypeValidator' needs to validate generic type parameters too (bsc#1268897, CVE-2026-54512) + #5993: 'UPPER_SNAKE_CASE' / 'LOWER_CASE' 'NamingStrategyImpls' fold case using JVM default locale (Turkish-I bug) * Changes of 2.18.4 + #4628: '@JsonIgnore' and '@JsonProperty.access=READ_ONLY' on Record property ignored for deserialization + #5049: Duplicate creator property "b" (index 0 vs 1) on simple java record * Changes of 2.18.3 + #4444: The 'KeyDeserializer' specified in the class with '@JsonDeserialize(keyUsing = ...)' is overwritten by the 'KeyDeserializer' specified in the 'ObjectMapper'. + #4827: Subclassed Throwable deserialization fails since v2.18.0 - no creator index for property 'cause' + #4844: Fix wrap
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
Two security vulnerabilities affecting jackson-databind were identified: CVE-2026-54512 allows arbitrary code execution via a PolymorphicTypeValidator bypass, and CVE-2026-54513 involves a security bypass that also enables arbitrary code execution. These vulnerabilities impact the general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model of the Jackson Data Processor, which is widely used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and dogtag-pki components. Red Hat has released security updates for affected packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 8, 9, and 10, including AppStream and Extended Update Support variants. The advisories provide updated package versions and instructions for remediation.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to bypass security controls and execute arbitrary code on affected systems. This could lead to unauthorized system access or compromise of the affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems running vulnerable versions of jackson-databind and dogtag-pki components. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided patches and updated packages for jackson-databind and dogtag-pki as detailed in the Red Hat advisories RHSA-2026:40895 and RHSA-2026:43400. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions. Applying these updates will remediate the vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:40895
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-54513"]
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a58ff2168715ace43492c94
Added to database: 07/16/2026, 15:56:17 UTC
Last enriched: 08/12/2026, 19:35:41 UTC
Last updated: 10/15/2026, 18:48:21 UTC
Views: 190
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