jackson-databind quadratic forward-reference completion — GHSA-CXP5-3PX4-PW24

Summary

### Summary When an `@JsonIdentityInfo` collection or map first creates N unresolved object-ID references and later resolves the same IDs in reverse order, jackson-databind scans the remaining pending-reference accumulator for each resolution. A shallow JSON document whose size grows linearly can therefore cause quadratic CPU work during deserialization. ### Details The affected path is forward-reference completion…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-09-30

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: high.
• Reported CVSS score: 7.5 out of 10.
• Reported EPSS value: 0.0045.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: maven: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind | maven: tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind.

Product

maven: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind | maven: tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

GHSA-CXP5-3PX4-PW24

Source

GitHub

Vendor

GitHub

Published by source

2026-09-30

Last source activity

2026-09-30

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-91777

Curated by

hlukh.ch

Related advisories and connections

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