Important: jackson-databind security update
The general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model for Jackson Data Processor. It builds on core streaming parser/generator package, and uses Jackson Annotations for configuration. Security Fix(es): * com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind: tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind: Jackson-databind: Denial of Service via quadratic forward-reference completion (CVE-2026-91777) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
- Products
- jackson-databind
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0:2.21.6-1.el9_8.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-91777
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Important: jackson-databind security update
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 20 Oct 2026, 12:05 UTC
The general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model for Jackson Data Processor. It builds on core streaming parser/generator package, and uses Jackson Annotations for configuration. Security Fix(es): * com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind: tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind: Jackson-databind: Denial of Service via quadratic forward-reference completion (CVE-2026-91777) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
osv:RLSA-2026:85231
jackson-databind
Fixed versions: 0:2.21.6-1.el9_8.1
Complete source record
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