CVE-2018-14720: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

January 2, 2019 (updated September 27, 2019)

FasterXML jackson-databind might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.

References

github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14720

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