CVE-2026-67215

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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Aug 2026, 15:09

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/blob/v1.7.19/cJSON.c#L253-L261 - () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/blob/v1.7.19/cJSON.c#L253-L261 - Patch
References () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/blob/v1.7.19/cJSON_Utils.c#L906-L940 - () https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/blob/v1.7.19/cJSON_Utils.c#L906-L940 - Patch
References () https://joshua.hu/cjson-json-parser-cve-vulnerabilities - () https://joshua.hu/cjson-json-parser-cve-vulnerabilities - Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cjson-json-patch-copy-add-uncontrolled-recursion-stack-exhaustion - () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cjson-json-patch-copy-add-uncontrolled-recursion-stack-exhaustion - Third Party Advisory
First Time Davegamble cjson
Davegamble
CPE cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

29 Jul 2026, 15:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://joshua.hu/cjson-json-parser-cve-vulnerabilities - () https://joshua.hu/cjson-json-parser-cve-vulnerabilities -

29 Jul 2026, 14:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-29 14:16

Updated : 2026-08-04 15:09


NVD link : CVE-2026-67215

Mitre link : CVE-2026-67215

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-67215


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Products Affected

davegamble

  • cjson
CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion