CVE-2019-14439 — A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind 2
A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.9.2. This occurs when Default Typing is enabled (either globally or for a specific property) for an externally exposed JSON endpoint and the service has the logback jar in the classpath.
Published
2019-07-30T11:15:11.123
Last modified
2026-10-08T21:17:13.270
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
A Polymorphic Typing issue was discovered in FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.9.2. This occurs when Default Typing is enabled (either globally or for a specific property) for an externally exposed JSON endpoint and the service has the logback jar in the classpath.
02Affected products
No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2019-07-30T11:15:11.123
- Last modified: 2026-10-08T21:17:13.270
09References
- access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3200
- github.com — https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/ad418eeb974e357f2797aef64aa…
- github.com — https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/compare/jackson-databind-2.9.9.1..…
- github.com — https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2389
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0d4b630d9ee724aee50703397d9d1afa2b2befc9395…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2d2a76440becb610b9a9cb49b15eac3934b02c2dbca…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/34717424b4d08b74f65c09a083d6dd1cb0763f37a15…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3f99ae8dcdbd69438cb733d745ee3ad5e8520684907…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c8042873595b8c863054c7bfccab4bf2c01c6f5ab…
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