High

JSONUtil vulnerable to stack exhaustion

  • Disclosed: 14.06.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

An issue was discovered JSONUtil through 5.0 that allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted objects that deeply nested structures.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) net.pwall.json:jsonutil <= 5.0 no fix

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400, CWE-787
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
net.pwall.json:jsonutil
Disclosed
14.06.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-w2rr-wvh9-m2m7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: net.pwall.json:jsonutil

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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