c3p0, a JDBC Connection pooling library, is vulnerable to attack via maliciously crafted Java-serialized objects and `javax.naming.Reference` instances. Several c3p0 `ConnectionPoolDataSource` implem…
Summary
c3p0, a JDBC Connection pooling library, is vulnerable to attack via maliciously crafted Java-serialized objects and `javax.naming.Reference` instances. Several c3p0 `ConnectionPoolDataSource` implementations have a property called `userOverridesAsString` which conceptually represents a `Map<String,Map<String,String>>`. Prior to v0.12.0, that property was maintained as a hex-encoded serialized object. Any attacker able to reset this property, on an existing `ConnectionPoolDataSource` or via mal…
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No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Lint boundary warnings (3)
The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).
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REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTEDurl not in allowlist: https://mogwailabs.de/en/blog/2025/02/c3p0-you-little-rascal -
REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTEDurl not in allowlist: https://www.mchange.com/projects/c3p0/#configuring_security -
REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTEDurl not in allowlist: https://www.mchange.com/projects/c3p0/#security-note
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://github.com/swaldman/c3p0/commit/e14cbd8166e423e2e9a9d6f08b2add3433492d6e
- https://github.com/swaldman/c3p0/security/advisories/GHSA-5476-xc4j-rqcv
- https://mogwailabs.de/en/blog/2025/02/c3p0-you-little-rascal
- https://www.mchange.com/projects/c3p0/#configuring_security
- https://www.mchange.com/projects/c3p0/#security-note
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18054
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18059
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28385
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3890
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4285
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27830
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442908
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-27830.json
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD