Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM webMethods BPM and IBM webMethods Integration are dependant on jackson-databind which is affected by a known vulnerabilities (WS-2022-0468, CVE-2022-42004, CVE-2022-42003, CVE-2023-35116). This security bulletin provides guidance on addressing the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-42003
DESCRIPTION: In FasterXML jackson-databind before versions 2.13.4.1 and 2.12.17.1, resource exhaustion can occur because of a lack of a check in primitive value deserializers to avoid deep wrapper array nesting, when the UNWRAP_SINGLE_VALUE_ARRAYS feature is enabled.
CWE: CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2023-35116
DESCRIPTION: jackson-databind through 2.15.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact via a crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies. NOTE: the vendor's perspective is that this is not a valid vulnerability report, because the steps of constructing a cyclic data structure and trying to serialize it cannot be achieved by an external attacker.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-42004
DESCRIPTION: In FasterXML jackson-databind before 2.13.4, resource exhaustion can occur because of a lack of a check in BeanDeserializer._deserializeFromArray to prevent use of deeply nested arrays. An application is vulnerable only with certain customized choices for deserialization.
CWE: CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
ID: WS-2022-0468
DESCRIPTION: The jackson-core package is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. The methods in the classes listed below fail to restrict input size when performing numeric type conversions. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by causing the application to deserialize data containing certain numeric types with large values. Deserializing many of the aforementioned objects may cause the application to exhaust all available resources, resulting in a DoS condition.
CWE: CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CVSS Source: Mend
CVSS Base score: 8.6
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM webMethods BPM | 11.1 |
| IBM webMethods Integration | 11.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying the mentioned core fixes or later core fixes for the affected versions :
WIR_11.1_InstallerClient_Fix1
WIR_11.1_InstallerIntrospect_Fix1
Fixes can be downloaded and installed via IBM webMethods Update Manager. Refer to How to download webMethods Software ( https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7232491 )
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
05 Feb 2026: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
05 February 2026
Initial Publish date:
05 February 2026
UID
ibm17259744