{"cve":"CVE-2026-83557","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-01T15:17:37.987","modified":"2026-09-08T19:29:32.200","status":"Awaiting Analysis","description":"DefaultBaseTypeLimitingValidator is the PolymorphicTypeValidator applied automatically whenever @JsonTypeInfo is used without an explicitly configured custom validator. It denies polymorphic resolution only for a fixed set of \"unsafe base types\", and its isSafeSubType method returns true unconditionally for every base type outside that set. java.lang.Comparable was absent from the list despite being implemented by a very large fraction of JDK and application classes, comparable in breadth to java.io.Serializable, which is on the list for that reason. An application declaring an @JsonTypeInfo-annotated property or class with Comparable as its base type, and no custom PolymorphicTypeValidator, will accept a type identifier for essentially any class implementing Comparable. This yields an attacker-controlled object instantiation primitive; a demonstrated case constructs a java.io.File for an arbitrary attacker-chosen path, which becomes path-traversal-adjacent if the application subsequently calls path-sensitive methods on the value. No class implementing Comparable has been identified that yields code execution through deserialization alone. Global Default Typing via activateDefaultTyping is not affected, because that method structurally requires an explicit PolymorphicTypeValidator argument. This affects com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 2.11.0 before 2.18.10, from 2.19.0 before 2.21.6, and from 2.22.0 before 2.22.2, and tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 3.0.0 before 3.1.6 and from 3.2.0 before 3.2.2. Users should upgrade to 2.18.10, 2.21.6, 2.22.2, 3.1.6, or 3.2.2.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","score":5.6},"cwes":["CWE-502","CWE-915"],"references":["https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/eb3b7fc0f9c0d27f471550ac3316b17d1987388f","https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/6156","https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/pull/6155","https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/security/advisories/GHSA-gx83-3vf8-gh7j","https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/security/advisories/GHSA-gx83-3vf8-gh7j"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:50:50.842544443+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-83557","score":0.00717,"percentile":0.53833,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-gx83-3vf8-gh7j","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gx83-3vf8-gh7j","summary":"jackson-databind: Comparable missing from DefaultBaseTypeLimitingValidator's unsafe base types (incomplete PolymorphicTypeValidator denylist)","modified":"2026-09-28T21:00:05.608227628Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind","purl":"pkg:maven/tools.jackson.core/jackson-databind","ranges":[">=3.0.0 <3.1.6"],"fixed":["3.1.6"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind","purl":"pkg:maven/tools.jackson.core/jackson-databind","ranges":[">=3.2.0 <3.2.2"],"fixed":["3.2.2"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind","purl":"pkg:maven/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind","ranges":[">=2.11.0 <2.18.10"],"fixed":["2.18.10"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind","purl":"pkg:maven/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind","ranges":[">=2.19.0 <2.21.6"],"fixed":["2.21.6"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind","purl":"pkg:maven/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind","ranges":[">=2.22.0 <2.22.2"],"fixed":["2.22.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}