Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes Affecting kafka-4.1 package, versions <4.1.2-r4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-KAFKA41-17881994
  • published8 Jul 2026
  • disclosed23 Jun 2026

Introduced: 23 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-54515  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-915  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard kafka-4.1 to version 4.1.2-r4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kafka-4.1 package and not the kafka-4.1 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

jackson-databind contains the general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model for Jackson Data Processor. From 2.8.0 until 2.18.9, 2.21.5, and 3.1.4, in BeanDeserializerBase.createContextual(), per-property @JsonIgnoreProperties exclusions are applied by _handleByNameInclusion(), producing a contextual deserializer whose BeanPropertyMap has the ignored properties removed. The subsequent per-property case-insensitivity block (triggered by @JsonFormat(ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_PROPERTIES)) rebuilds from this._beanProperties (the original, unfiltered map) instead of contextual._beanProperties, then overwrites the filtered map — restoring every property _handleByNameInclusion had just removed. The ignored property becomes writable again. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.18.9, 2.21.5, and 3.1.4.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1