XML External Entity (XXE) Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package jackson-databind-javadoc  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JACKSONDATABINDJAVADOC-1343166
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Jan 2020

Introduced: 9 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-25649  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jackson-databind-javadoc package and not the jackson-databind-javadoc package as distributed by RHEL.

A flaw was found in FasterXML Jackson Databind, where it did not have entity expansion secured properly. This flaw allows vulnerability to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data integrity.

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