Security Bulletin: Potential vulnerability with FasterXML jackson-databind

Summary

A potential vulnerability has been identified related to FasterXML jackson-databind. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-25649
**DESCRIPTION:**FasterXML Jackson Databind could provide weaker than expected security, caused by not having entity expansion secured properly. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch XML external entity (XXE) attacks to have impact over data integrity.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192648 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to the latest (4.0.0) release of WA for CP4D which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None