CVE-2025-49128 | Jackson-core Vulnerable to Memory Disclosure via Source Snippet in JsonLocation

Jackson-core contains core low-level incremental ("streaming") parser and generator abstractions used by Jackson Data Processor. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to version 2.13.0, a flaw in jackson-core's `JsonLocation._appendSourceDesc` method allows up to 500 bytes of unintended memory content to be included in exception messages. When parsing JSON from a byte array with an offset and length, the exception message incorrectly reads from the beginning of the array instead of the logical payload start. This results in possible information disclosure in systems using pooled or reused buffers, like Netty or Vert.x. This issue was silently fixed in jackson-core version 2.13.0, released on September 30, 2021, via PR #652. All users should upgrade to version 2.13.0 or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, applications can mitigate the issue by disabling exception message exposure to clients to avoid returning parsing exception messages in HTTP responses and/or disabling source inclusion in exceptions to prevent Jackson from embedding any source content in exception messages, avoiding leakage.

Published: 2025-06-06 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-49128 is rated Low Risk (24.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-49128

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.00% 0.31% +0.31%
2 2025-06-07 0.00%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-49128

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.5 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-49128

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-49128

GHSA-wf8f-6423-gfxg · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Jackson-core Vulnerable to Memory Disclosure via Source Snippet in JsonLocation

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-49128

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-49128 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jackson-core), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-49128
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49128
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-49128 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jackson-core), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, needs-triage 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-49128

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-49128

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-49128

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