Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Apache Johnzon.



ClassConverter loads & static-initializes an attacker-named class from untrusted JSON.




This issue affects Apache Johnzon: from 1.0.0 before 2.2.0.



Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.3.1 (javax namespace) or 2.2.0 (jakarta specification namespace), which fixes the issue.

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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Apache johnzon
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{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Description Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Apache Johnzon. ClassConverter loads & static-initializes an attacker-named class from untrusted JSON. This issue affects Apache Johnzon: from 1.0.0 before 2.2.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.3.1 (javax namespace) or 2.2.0 (jakarta specification namespace), which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Johnzon: ClassConverter loads & static-initializes an attacker-named class from untrusted JSON
Weaknesses CWE-470
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T19:34:25.835Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T11:38:30.610Z

Link: CVE-2026-71253

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T19:34:22.369Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-19T11:17:18.540

Modified: 2026-10-20T20:17:24.763

Link: CVE-2026-71253

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-19T10:36:41Z

Links: CVE-2026-71253 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T20:45:14Z

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