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TI-2023-03640 Aliases CVE-2023-3894GHSA-rg2c-cfxv-qp6f

DOS in jackson-dataformats-text

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Those using jackson-dataformats-text to parse TOML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00914 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed jackson-dataformats-text (FasterXML): 2.15.0com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-toml (Maven): 2.15.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FasterXML jackson-dataformats-textbefore 2.15.02.15.0Patch availableCNA
—com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-toml (Maven)before 2.15.02.15.0Patch availableGHSA-rg2c-cfxv-qp6f
  • jackson-dataformats-text VendorFasterXML Affected before 2.15.0 Fixed in 2.15.0 Patch available CNA
  • com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-toml (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.15.0 Fixed in 2.15.0 Patch available GHSA-rg2c-cfxv-qp6f

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformats-text:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.15.0VulnerableFasterXML
  • cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformats-text:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.15.0 Vulnerable ·FasterXML

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA jackson-dataformats-text (FasterXML) Fixed in 2.15.0
  • Fix · GHSA-rg2c-cfxv-qp6f com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-toml (Maven) Fixed in 2.15.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-3894
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rg2c-cfxv-qp6f

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 3

Sources

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