CVE-2026-54517: jackson-databind has @JsonView bypass for setterless creator properties
In BeanDeserializer._deserializeUsingPropertyBased, the active-view (@JsonView) filter was applied only to creator properties; the regular property-buffering branch performed no prop.visibleInView(activeView) check. A change making SetterlessProperty.isMerging() return true routed setterless Collection/Map properties through this unguarded path, so a setterless collection annotated with a restricted @JsonView is populated from attacker JSON even when the active view excludes it.
References
- github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/5bf23edb4221f7dd2ec8e71ff6d26c61640f261d
- github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/94c5d215b3af1505098c686405d9641f041a9962
- github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/pull/5969
- github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/pull/5970
- github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/security/advisories/GHSA-5hh8-q8hv-fr38
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-5hh8-q8hv-fr38
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54517
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