CVE-2026-54512

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.8%, top 48% 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).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — Patch released this week
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

jackson-databind contains the general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model for Jackson Data Processor. From 2.10.0 until 2.18.8, 2.21.4, and 3.1.4, jackson-databind's PolymorphicTypeValidator (PTV) is the primary safety mechanism guarding polymorphic deserialization. When polymorphic typing is enabled and a type identifier contains generic parameters (i.e. the type ID string contains <), DatabindContext._resolveAndValidateGeneric() validates only the raw container class name (the substring before <) against the configured PTV. If the container type is approved, the method parses the full canonical type string via TypeFactory.constructFromCanonical() and returns the fully parameterized type without ever validating the nested type arguments against the PTV. The nested type arguments are then resolved, instantiated, and populated as beans during deserialization. An attacker who controls the type ID can therefore place a denied class as a generic type parameter of an allowed container — for example java.util.ArrayList when only java.util.ArrayList is allow-listed. The container passes the PTV check; com.evil.Gadget is loaded via Class.forName(name, true, loader), instantiated, and its properties are set from attacker-controlled JSON. This completely bypasses an explicitly configured PTV allow-list. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.18.8, 2.21.4, and 3.1.4.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
52%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 23, 2026

Last Modified

June 27, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 24, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

PolymorphicTypeValidator bypass via generic type parameters in jackson-databind allows arbitrary class instantiation · Advisory · FasterXML/jackson-databind · GitHub

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/security/advisories/GHSA-j3rv-43j4-c7qm
generic

`PolymorphicTypeValidator` needs to validate generic type parameters too [CVE-2026-54512] by cowtowncoder · Pull Request #5988 · FasterXML/jackson-databind · GitHub

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/5988
github_commit

commit 434d6c511de7 (FasterXML/jackson-databind)

Fix landed in FasterXML/jackson-databind commit 434d6c511de7 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/434d6c511de7fdd9872f29157aafb6162d12d8d5

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-54512(12)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(10)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpki-deps:10.6-8060020260720025549.ad008a3a2026-07-23redhat
redhatjackson-databind-0:2.21.4-1.el9_22026-07-23redhat
redhatjackson-databind-0:2.21.4-1.el9_42026-07-23redhat
redhatpki-deps:10.6-8040020260720064222.522a0ee42026-07-23redhat
redhatjackson-databind-0:2.21.4-1.el9_62026-07-23redhat
redhatdogtag-pki-0:11.6.0-2.el10_02026-07-23redhat
redhatpki-deps:10.6-8080020260714161755.63b345852026-07-23redhat
redhatdogtag-pki-0:11.9.0-4.el10_22026-07-22redhat
redhatjackson-databind2026-07-20redhat
redhatjackson-databind-0:2.21.4-1.el9_82026-07-16redhat

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

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind2.19.0 ... 2.21.3 (13 versions)2.21.4—
tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind3.0.0 ... 3.1.3 (10 versions)3.1.4—

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 63× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. 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. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 06:14 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-26 15:51 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-26 15:51 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-23 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-16 21:39 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-16 09:08 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-15 20:33 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-15 08:01 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-07-14 19:29 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-07-14 06:47 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-13 18:12 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-13 05:36 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-12 17:05 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-12 04:33 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-11 16:01 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-11 03:30 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-10 14:58 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-10 02:26 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-09 13:54 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-09 01:23 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  32. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  36. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  39. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-54512?
CVE-2026-54512 is a high vulnerability published on June 23, 2026. jackson-databind contains the general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model for Jackson Data Processor. From 2.10.0 until 2.18.8, 2.21.4, and 3.1.4, jackson-databind's PolymorphicTypeValidator (PTV) is the primary safety mechanism guarding polymorphic deserialization. When polymorphic…
When was CVE-2026-54512 disclosed?
CVE-2026-54512 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 23, 2026, with the most recent update on June 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-54512 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-54512 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 47.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-54512?
CVE-2026-54512 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-54512?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-54512, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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