8.1

CVE-2018-5968: debian debian_linux Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5968DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5968CGA-2954-4xwq-76v7
Published 22-01-2018Last modified 08-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5968 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 8.1 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 7% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.25%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6
DSA-4114-1MGASA-2018-0138RHSA-2018:0479RHSA-2018:0480RHSA-2018:0481RHSA-2018:1525

Timeline

  1. 22-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind through 2.8.11 and 2.9.x through 2.9.3 allows unauthenticated remote code execution because of an incomplete fix for the CVE-2017-7525 and CVE-2017-17485 deserialization flaws. This is exploitable via two different gadgets that bypass a blacklist.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

7.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.03 pp

From 7.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard34 products
  • eco-java-gradle-2.10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eco-java-gradle-2.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eco-java-gradle-2.12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eco-java-gradle-2.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eco-java-gradle-2.14All versions (No fix recorded)
Redhat4 products
Netapp3 products
Debian2 products
Com.fasterxml.jackson.core1 product
  • jackson-databind≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.11.1 | ≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.4 | < 2.7.9.5
Fasterxml1 product
  • jackson-databind≥ 2.0.0, < 2.6.7.3 | ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.9.2 | ≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.11.1 | ≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • jackson-databind< 2.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

7 vendors · 46 products

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