CVE-2026-71253

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.

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-470 CWE-470

References

Other References

https://github.com/apache/johnzon/commit/91e7b0d21d08d138944e2570691939739422a3d6 https://github.com/apache/johnzon/commit/dd3d00634c746a2173a2518e882e85e8a151bf30 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3vgm1yo2sn9yhkvvs9lc4ro01vl3zt68

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-71253? +

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.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-71253? +

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