ohler55 oj up to 3.17.2 ext/oj/fast.c out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability was found in ohler55 oj up to 3.17.2. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file ext/oj/fast.c. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-54592. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in ohler55 oj up to 3.17.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file ext/oj/fast.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Oj (Optimized JSON) is a JSON parser and Object marshaller packaged as a Ruby gem. In versions prior to 3.17.3, Oj::Doc#each_child, when invoked recursively over a deeply nested JSON document, overflows a fixed-size stack buffer and aborts the process, leading to DoS. In a two-step chain in ext/oj/fast.c, doc_each_child increments doc->where past the where_path[MAX_STACK = 100] array with no bounds check and never restores it (the doc->where-- is missing), so calling each_child recursively from inside the yield block drives doc->where beyond the array. On the next entry the function copies the path into the 800-byte stack-local buffer save_path[MAX_STACK] using wlen = doc->where - doc->where_path, so when the previous recursive call left doc->where past where_path[100] the wlen exceeds MAX_STACK and the memcpy overflows save_path on the C stack; because the Oj::Doc parser imposes no JSON nesting-depth limit (relying on a C-stack pressure check), deeply nested attacker input reaches this path. This issue has been fixed in version 3.17.3.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-54592 since 06/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 3.17.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-40851). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• ohler55

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• oj

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• 3.17.0
• 3.17.1
• 3.17.2

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• Product: https://github.com/ohler55/oj/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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