orjson up to 3.9.14 JSON Document orjson.loads recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in orjson up to 3.9.14 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is the function orjson.loads of the component JSON Document Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to recursion. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-27454. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in orjson up to 3.9.14. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function orjson.loads of the component JSON Document Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

orjson.loads in orjson before 3.9.15 does not limit recursion for deeply nested JSON documents.

The weakness was shared 02/26/2024. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-27454. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 3.9.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: orjson 3.9.15
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

02/26/2024 🔍
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09/18/2025 +570 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: b0e4d2c06ce06c6e63981bf0276e4b7c74e5845e
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-27454 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-27454
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254734

Entryinfo

Created: 02/26/2024 07:49
Updated: 09/18/2025 18:45
Changes: 02/26/2024 07:49 (37), 03/14/2024 08:20 (3), 03/14/2024 08:25 (12), 08/03/2024 00:17 (15), 09/18/2025 18:45 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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