CVE-2018-5968

29

FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5968 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting FasterXML jackson-databind versions 2.8.11 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3, as well as products from Debian, NetApp, and Red Hat. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over the network with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, due to an incomplete fix for previous deserialization vulnerabilities. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability's nature makes it a significant risk.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 2.0.0, < 2.6.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind::::::::
		>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind::::::::
		>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind::::::::
		>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind::::::::
		8.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.2

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

7.02%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

93.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0702 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (79)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindFixed in: 2.9.4

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindFixed in: 2.8.11.1

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindFixed in: 2.7.9.5

nodejspatch availablevia llm_extracted

Fixed in: 25.4.0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-narayana-0:5.5.31-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-picketlink-bindings-0:2.5.5-10.SP9_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-picketlink-federation-0:2.5.5-10.SP9_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.25-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:1.4.18-4.SP2_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-undertow-jastow-0:2.0.3-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.1.1-4.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.0.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.1.1-3.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wss4j-0:2.1.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-xml-security-0:2.0.9-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift3/ose-logging-elasticsearch5:v3.11.153-2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed in: openshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch5:v4.1.18-201909201915

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rhvm-appliance-0:4.2-20180504.0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.1.13-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-glassfish-jsf-0:2.2.13-6.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-0:5.1.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-infinispan-0:8.2.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jackson-annotations-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jackson-core-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jackson-databind-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jackson-jaxrs-providers-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jackson-modules-java8-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-logmanager-0:2.0.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.0.3-6.Final_redhat_6.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jbossws-cxf-0:5.1.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-narayana-0:5.5.31-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-picketlink-bindings-0:2.5.5-10.SP9_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-picketlink-federation-0:2.5.5-10.SP9_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.25-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:1.4.18-4.SP2_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-undertow-jastow-0:2.0.3-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.1.1-4.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-elytron-0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-http-client-0:1.0.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.1.1-3.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wss4j-0:2.1.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-xml-security-0:2.0.9-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.1.13-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-glassfish-jsf-0:2.2.13-6.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-0:5.1.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-infinispan-0:8.2.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.4.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-annotations-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-core-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-databind-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-jaxrs-providers-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jackson-modules-java8-0:2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-logmanager-0:2.0.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.0.3-6.Final_redhat_6.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jbossws-cxf-0:5.1.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6Fixed in: openshift-elasticsearch-plugin

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7Fixed in: openshift-elasticsearch-plugin

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: elasticsearch-cloud-kubernetes

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9Fixed in: openshift-elasticsearch-plugin

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat BPM Suite 6Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: elasticsearch-cloud-kubernetes

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10Fixed in: openshift-elasticsearch-plugin

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven35-jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: JBoss Developer Studio 10Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: JBoss Developer Studio 8Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-eclipse46-jackson-databind

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: jackson-databind

Vendor Advisories (3)

nodejsllm-nodejs-9e1762a1939f642dCRITICAL

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

mavenGHSA-w3f4-3q6j-rh82high

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind

redhatCVE-2018-5968Moderate

jackson-databind: unsafe deserialization due to incomplete blacklist (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7525 and CVE-2017-17485)

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0478

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0479

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0480

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0481

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1525

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2858

Third Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3149

Third Party Advisory

github.com / FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/1899

Third Party Advisory

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180423-0002

Third Party Advisory

support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4114

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

Third Party Advisory