CVE-2026-67215
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.06
BB Relevance:
78/100
Published: 2026-07-29
Modified: 2026-10-23
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
X
AT:
None
VC:
None
VI:
None
VA:
High
Description
cJSON through 1.7.19 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion leading to stack exhaustion when an untrusted RFC 6902 JSON Patch is applied via cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches() or cJSONUtils_ApplyPatchesCaseSensitive(). A patch containing add and copy operations grafts duplicated subtrees to amplify document depth beyond the parser's nesting limit: cJSON_Delete() recurses with no depth bound, and the cJSON_Duplicate() guard CJSON_CIRCULAR_LIMIT is set to 10000, ten times the parser's 1000-level nesting limit and high enough to overflow a default thread stack. An attacker who can supply the patch document can crash the process, resulting in denial of service.
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (1)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| davegamble | cjson | < 1.7.19 |
References & Advisories (4)
Third Party Advisory
Patch
Patch
Exploit
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Third Party Advisory