Jettison JSON Array recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Jettison. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component JSON Array Handler. The manipulation results in recursion. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-1436. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Jettison (version unknown). Affected is an unknown function of the component JSON Array Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

An infinite recursion is triggered in Jettison when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. This leads to a StackOverflowError exception being thrown.

The weakness was shared 03/22/2023. The advisory is shared for download at research.jfrog.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-1436 since 03/16/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 309923 (Oracle Siebel Server <= 26.2 (April 2026 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (309923). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 309923
Nessus Name: Oracle Siebel Server <= 26.2 (April 2026 CPU)

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03/16/2023 🔍
03/22/2023 +6 days 🔍
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04/24/2026 +1128 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: research.jfrog.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-1436 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-1436
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223524

Entryinfo

Created: 03/22/2023 08:12
Updated: 04/24/2026 01:03
Changes: 03/22/2023 08:12 (45), 04/12/2023 14:49 (11), 04/24/2026 01:03 (17)
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