jackson-databind 2.10.x through 2.12.x before 2.12.6 and 2.13.x before 2.13.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (2 GB transient heap usage per read) in uncommon situations involving JsonNode JDK serialization.
CVE-2021-46877
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 47% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 62.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 18, 2023
Last Modified
February 26, 2025
References (4)
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/3328
- cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/g/jackson-user/c/OsBsirPM_Vw
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/3328
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/g/jackson-user/c/OsBsirPM_Vw
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-46877(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2023:4612Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat support for Spring Boot 2.7.13 security update
- RHSA-2023:4627Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Applications security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2023:3815Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Service Registry (container images) release and security update [2.4.3 GA]
- RHSA-2023:2097Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.13 Release
Patch Availability(15)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | jackson-databind | 2023-09-13 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso | 2023-08-31 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8:7.6-27 | 2023-08-31 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso | 2023-08-31 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso | 2023-08-31 | redhat |
| redhat | mta/mta-windup-addon-rhel9:6.2.0-11 | 2023-08-14 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.12-3.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind:2.12.7.redhat-00003 | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.12-3.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-0:7.4.12-3.GA_redhat_00003.1.el9eap | 2023-08-07 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-0:2.401.1.1686649641-3.el8 | 2023-06-15 | redhat |
| redhat | mtr/mtr-web-container-rhel8:1.1-7 | 2023-05-31 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-0:2.387.3.1684911776-3.el8 | 2023-05-24 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2023-05-18 | redhat |
| redhat | yggdrasil-worker-forwarder-0:0.0.1-1.el8sat | 2023-05-03 | redhat |
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
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind | 2.13.0 | 2.13.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(14)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3223MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:3223 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3299MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:3299 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3373MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:3373 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3610MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:3610 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4505MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4505 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4506MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4506 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4507MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4507 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4509MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4509 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4918MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4918 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4919MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4919 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4920MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4920 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4921MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4921 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4924MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:4924 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:5147MODERATE2023-03-19
RHSA-2023:5147 — Moderate
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