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CVE-2026-67216

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 77/100
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: Present
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

Description

cJSON through 1.7.19 contains an inefficient algorithmic complexity flaw in cJSON_Compare(). When comparing objects, the function recurses into each shared subtree twice, once in each direction, with no depth guard, making the running time exponential in nesting depth. A small, deeply nested document of a few hundred bytes (depth around 40) compared for equality consumes hours of CPU, and the cost roughly doubles with each additional level of nesting. An application that calls cJSON_Compare() on attacker-influenced JSON that is structurally equal to a reference document is exposed to a denial-of-service condition.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
davegamble cjson < 1.7.19

References & Advisories (3)

https://joshua.hu/cjson-json-parser-cve-vulnerabilities
Exploit Press/Media Coverage Third Party Advisory

Bug Bounty Relevance

77 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.2 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.65%
Raw Score 0.006450
Percentile 50.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00645
2026-10-28
0.00645

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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