Submit #908319: java-json-tools json-patch 1.13 Stack Overflow DoS via Uncontrolled Recursioninfo

Titeljava-json-tools json-patch 1.13 Stack Overflow DoS via Uncontrolled Recursion
BeschreibungJsonMergePatch.fromJson() uses a recursive deserializer (JsonMergePatchDeserializer) that recurses without any depth limit. A deeply nested JSON object (2000+ levels) causes StackOverflowError, killing the processing thread. This is a separate code path from Jackson's own parsing — even if Jackson 2.15+ limits parsing depth to 1000, a programmatically-built JsonNode passed to JsonMergePatch.fromJson() still triggers the unguarded recursion.
Quelle⚠️ https://github.com/java-json-tools/json-patch/issues/168
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 York Shen - Yong Shen - PayPal Cyber Security Team (UID 100171)
Einreichung29.07.2026 06:37 (vor 1 Monat)
Moderieren07.09.2026 07:33 (1 month later)
StatusAkzeptiert
VulDB Eintrag399509 [java-json-tools json-patch bis 1.13 JsonMergePatchDeserializer.java JsonMergePatch.fromJson Pufferüberlauf]
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