CVE-2020-36518

28

FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36518 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in FasterXML jackson-databind versions prior to 2.13.0, also affecting products from Debian, NetApp, and Oracle. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger a Java StackOverflow exception by providing deeply nested objects, leading to system unavailability. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 2.12.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind::::::::
		>= 2.13.0, < 2.13.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind::::::::
		< 23.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:big_data_spatial_and_graph::::::::
		14.1.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:coherence:14.1.1.0.0:::::::*
		11.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_platform:11.3.0:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

4.86%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

91.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0486 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (60)

libreofficepatch availablevia llm_extracted

Fixed in: ['8.1.12', '8.2.9', '9.0.2', '9.0.2209']

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindFixed in: 2.12.6.1

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindFixed in: 2.13.2.1

nodejspatch availablevia llm_extracted

Fixed in: 25.4.0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.2.0Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.4.0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x 4.2.7Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.7.6Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Data Grid 8.3.1Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pki-deps:10.6-8100020240205164017.e155f54d

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: jackson-databind-0:2.14.1-2.el9

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.11Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-glassfish-el-0:3.0.1-4.b08_redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-0:5.1.17-3.Final_redhat_00004.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-databind-0:2.8.11.6-3.SP1_redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.12-1.Final_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-netty-0:4.1.63-2.Final_redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:1.4.18-16.SP14_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.1.11-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.1.14-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.0.21-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-naming-client-0:1.0.13-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-openssl-0:1.0.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-openssl-linux-0:1.0.12-6.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-annotations-0:2.10.4-3.redhat_00006.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-core-0:2.10.4-3.redhat_00006.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-databind-0:2.10.4-5.redhat_00006.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-jaxrs-providers-0:2.10.4-3.redhat_00006.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-modules-base-0:2.10.4-5.redhat_00006.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-modules-java8-0:2.10.4-2.redhat_00006.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.7.2-16.Final_redhat_00017.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-netty-0:4.1.63-5.Final_redhat_00003.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:2.0.41-4.SP5_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.3.14-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.10.17-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-jackson-databind-0:2.12.6.1-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-databind-0:2.12.6.1-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.5 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.1Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9Fixed in: rh-sso7-javapackages-tools-0:6.0.0-7.el9sso

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.3-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHAF Camel-K 1.8Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHOL-5.5-RHEL-8Fixed in: openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8:v6.8.1-273

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHOL-5.6-RHEL-8Fixed in: openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8:v6.8.1-285

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: RHPAM 7.13.1 asyncFixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9Fixed in: rh-sso7-0:1-5.el9sso

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Logging subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift 5.4Fixed in: openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8:v6.8.1-265

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: OpenShift Logging 5.3Fixed in: openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8:v6.8.1-277

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat AMQ 7.10.0Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Application RuntimesFixed in: jackson-databind

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackFixed in: jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat support for Spring BootFixed in: jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat build of Debezium 1Fixed in: jackson-databind

Vendor Advisories (4)

nodejsllm-nodejs-9e1762a1939f642dCRITICAL

Third-Party Package Updates in Splunk AppDynamics On-Premises Enterprise Console - August 2025

libreofficellm-libreoffice-af9608267de2a956HIGH

November Third Party Package updates in Splunk Enterprise

mavenGHSA-57j2-w4cx-62h2high

Deeply nested json in jackson-databind

redhatCVE-2020-36518Moderate

jackson-databind: denial of service via a large depth of nested objects

References

github.com / FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2816

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00001.html

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00035.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220506-0004

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5283

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

Third Party Advisory