CVE-2026-68494
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in FasterXML Jackson to perform a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability in FasterXML Jackson enables remote denial of service attacks.
- Who is affected
- Any deployment using Jackson that accepts remote untrusted input is affected.
- Urgency
- Medium severity with remote, unauthenticated attack vector requires prompt patching.
- Action
- Update Jackson to the patched version immediately.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.37% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 30% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[NEW] [medium] FasterXML Jackson: Vulnerability Enables Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-08-05
- unknownCVE-2026-68494: The fix released in jackson-core 2.18.6 and 2.21.1 for CVE-2026-18401 (GHSA-72hv-8253-57qq, nu…nvd · 2026-08-04
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