json-path 2.8.0 Criteria.parse stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in json-path 2.8.0. The impacted element is the function Criteria.parse. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-51074. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in json-path 2.8.0. This issue affects the function Criteria.parse. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

json-path v2.8.0 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the Criteria.parse() method.

The weakness was presented 12/27/2023 as 973. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-51074 since 12/18/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/12/2025).

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

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• json-path

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• 2.8.0

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