GHSA-5jmj-h7xm-6q6v: jackson-databind has case-insensitive deserialization bypasses per-property @JsonIgnoreProperties
Summary
In BeanDeserializerBase.createContextual(), per-property @JsonIgnoreProperties exclusions are applied by _handleByNameInclusion(), producing a contextual deserializer whose BeanPropertyMap has the ignored properties removed. The subsequent per-property case-insensitivity block (triggered by @JsonFormat(ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_PROPERTIES)) rebuilds from this._beanProperties (the original, unfiltered map) instead of contextual._beanProperties, then overwrites the filtered map — restoring every property _handleByNameInclusion had just removed. The ignored property becomes writable again.
Impact
An application that both enables case-insensitive matching and relies on per-property @JsonIgnoreProperties to keep a field unwritable can have that field set from untrusted JSON (mass-assignment-style write).
Affected / Patched
Will be fixed in 2.18.9, 2.21.5, 2.22.1 and 3.1.4.
Severity / CWE
Maintainer: minor. Reporter: Moderate. CWE-915.
Upstream fix
FasterXML/jackson-databind#5962 (PR #5964, 0e1b0b2), milestone 3.1.4. Released 2026-06-04.
Details
Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5jmj-h7xm-6q6v
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-545150.34% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 27% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-54515 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- high[UPDATE] [high] FasterXML Jackson: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in IBM products (July 24, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Database Server (July 23, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- high[NEW] [high] Oracle Construction and Engineering: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
- high[NEW] [high] Oracle Database Server: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
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