# CVE-2021-20190: A flaw was found in jackson-databind before 2.9.10.7.

- Also known as: GHSA-5949-RW7G-WX7W, BIT-NIFI-2021-20190
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.9.10.7, 2.6.7.5
- Published: 2021-01-19 · Updated: 2025-08-27

## Affected

- n/a jackson-databind: jackson-databind 2.9.10.7
- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (Maven): from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.9.10.7
- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (Maven): fixed in 2.6.7.5

## Description

A flaw was found in jackson-databind before 2.9.10.7. FasterXML mishandles the interaction between serialization gadgets and typing. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a jackson-databind, com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind, upgrade to a fixed version (2.9.10.7, 2.6.7.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2854
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1916633
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r380e9257bacb8551ee6fcf2c59890ae9477b2c78e553fa9ea08e9d9a%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00025.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0008/

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