CVE-2018-14720

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2019-01-04. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 5 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2019-0198 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 7.5%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
47
EG Risk 47/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation7.5% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
7.5%
EPSS %ILE
94th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
7.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-03). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

January 2, 2019

Last Modified

October 15, 2026

Advisory Details (18)

Auto-updated Oct 30, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1823
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1822
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1140
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1106
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0782
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 1703-1] jackson-databind security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html
Web page

Jackson Release 2.9.7 · FasterXML/jackson Wiki · GitHub

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7
Web page

Block more classes from polymorphic deserialization (CVE-2018-14718 - CVE-2018-14721) · Issue #2097 · FasterXML/jackson-databind · GitHub

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097
GitHub commit

commit 87d29af25e82 (FasterXML/jackson-databind)

Fix landed in FasterXML/jackson-databind commit 87d29af25e82 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44

Patch Availability(13)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibjackson2-databind-java-doc (2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2) @ xenial2026-11-02ubuntu
redhatopenshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8:v5.0.3-12021-05-06redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch6:v4.6.0-202104161407.p02021-04-27redhat
redhatjackson-databind2020-06-15redhat
redhatopenshift3/ose-logging-elasticsearch5:v3.11.153-22019-10-18redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-logging-elasticsearch5:v4.1.18-2019092019152019-09-27redhat
redhatpatch2019-05-09redhat
redhateap7-yasson-0:1.0.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap2019-05-08redhat
redhateap7-yasson-0:1.0.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap2019-05-08redhat
redhatrh-maven35-jackson-databind-0:2.7.6-2.5.el72019-04-17redhat
mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind @ 2.9.7 (fixes >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.7)—ghsa
mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind @ 2.8.11.3 (fixes >= 2.8.0, <= 2.8.11.2)—ghsa
mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind @ 2.7.9.5 (fixes >= 2.7.0, <= 2.7.9.2)—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
jackson-databind—
  • every version up to 2.9.8-1: fixed in 2.9.8-1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
jackson-databind—
  • every version up to 2.9.8-1: fixed in 2.9.8-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
jackson-databind—
  • every version up to 2.9.8-1: fixed in 2.9.8-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
jackson-databind—
  • every version up to 2.9.8-1: fixed in 2.9.8-1
—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
jackson-databind2.4.2-2, 2.4.2-2+deb8u1, 2.4.2-2+deb8u2, 2.4.2-2+deb8u3, 2.4.2-2+deb8u4
  • every version up to 2.4.2-2+deb8u5: fixed in 2.4.2-2+deb8u5
—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
jackson-databind2.8.6-1, 2.8.6-1+deb9u1, 2.8.6-1+deb9u2, 2.8.6-1+deb9u3, 2.8.6-1+deb9u4
  • every version up to 2.8.6-1+deb9u5: fixed in 2.8.6-1+deb9u5
—
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind2.7.0 ... 2.7.9.4 (15 versions)
  • 2.9.0 up to 2.9.7: fixed in 2.9.7
  • 2.8.0 up to 2.8.11.3: fixed in 2.8.11.3
  • 2.7.0 up to 2.7.9.5: fixed in 2.7.9.5
—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(9)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 81× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 99 of 234 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 135 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-03 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-03 16:54 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-03 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-11-03 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  5. 2026-11-02 20:55 UTCOSV refresh
  6. 2026-11-02 15:56 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-11-02 15:56 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-11-02 15:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-11-01 14:57 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-11-01 14:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-11-01 08:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-11-01 08:43 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  14. 2026-10-31 13:59 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-31 13:59 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  17. 2026-10-30 13:00 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-30 13:00 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-29 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  20. 2026-10-29 12:02 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-29 12:02 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-28 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  23. 2026-10-28 10:58 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-28 10:58 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-27 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-27 09:06 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-27 09:06 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-26 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  4. 2026-10-26 07:08 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-25 19:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  7. 2026-10-25 06:06 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-25 06:06 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  10. 2026-10-24 05:07 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-24 05:07 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  13. 2026-10-23 04:08 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-23 04:08 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  16. 2026-10-22 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-22 03:05 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  19. 2026-10-21 02:05 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-21 02:05 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-20 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  22. 2026-10-20 01:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-20 01:05 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-19 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  25. 2026-10-19 00:02 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-19 00:02 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-18 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  28. 2026-10-18 10:19 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-17 23:00 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-10-17 23:00 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-17 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  32. 2026-10-16 22:01 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-10-16 22:01 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-16 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  35. 2026-10-15 18:28 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-10-15 17:44 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-15 17:44 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  39. 2026-10-15 11:37 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-10-15 11:37 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-10-14 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  42. 2026-10-14 07:08 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-10-14 07:08 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-13 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  45. 2026-10-13 02:24 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-12 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-10-12 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  48. 2026-10-12 00:41 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-10-11 13:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  50. 2026-10-10 19:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  51. 2026-10-09 20:02 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  52. 2026-10-08 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
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  57. 2026-10-03 14:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  58. 2026-09-30 14:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  59. 2026-09-30 09:54 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-09-28 14:42 UTCOSV refresh
  61. 2026-09-28 13:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  62. 2026-09-27 13:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
  63. 2026-09-26 15:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 7.5% · 94th percentile
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-14720?
CVE-2018-14720 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on January 2, 2019. FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.
When was CVE-2018-14720 made public?
CVE-2018-14720 was made public on July 27, 2018: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on January 2, 2019. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 15, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2018-14720 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-14720 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (94th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-14720?
CVE-2018-14720 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-14720?
A fix for CVE-2018-14720 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2018-14720 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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