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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2023-1436 json

Infinite recursion in Jettison leads to denial of service when creating a crafted JSONArray

published 2023-03-16 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-q6g2-g7f3-rr83 , EUVD-2023-1077

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.codehaus.jettison:jettison 1.5.4
  • jettison jettison 1.5.4
  • libjettison-java Debian 14, Debian 13 1.5.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1436

  • libjettison-java Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • libjettison-java Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2
  • libjettison-java Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1
  • libjettison-java Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1436

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • jenkins ocp tools 4.11 2.401.1.1686831596-3.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.11 4.11.1686831822-1.el8
  • jenkins ocp tools 4.13 2.401.1.1686680404-3.el8
  • jenkins-2-plugins ocp tools 4.13 4.13.1686680473-1.el8
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7.6 18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 7.4.12-3.GA_redhat_00003.1.el9eap
  • eap7-jettison jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 1.5.4-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:3663RHSA-2023:3622RHSA-2023:4918RHSA-2023:4507RHSA-2023:4506RHSA-2023:4505

  • jettison openSUSE Leap 15.4 1.5.4-150200.3.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:1948-1

  • jettison openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.5.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12871-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-1436 updated cvss 7.5

jettison: Uncontrolled Recursion in JSONArray

  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 jettison Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 jettison, jettison-javadoc
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 log4j, log4j-jcl, log4j-web, log4j-slf4j Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 log4j, log4j-jcl, log4j-slf4j
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 jettison
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 jettison Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2 jettison
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 jettison Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jettison Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jettison, jboss-on jboss-on, eap6-jettison eap6-jettison, jbossas-modules-eap jbossas-modules-eap, keycloak-adapter-eap6 keycloak-adapter-eap6, keycloak-adapter-sso7_2-eap6 keycloak-adapter-sso7_2-eap6, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack jettison
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 jettison Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 jettison Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jenkins-2-plugins
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 jenkins-2-plugins
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 jettison
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Middleware Containers for OpenShift rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8 7.6-27
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4921
  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8 mtr/mtr-web-container-rhel8 1.2-9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7670
  • Red Hat MTA 6.2 for RHEL 8 mta/mta-ui-rhel9 6.2.2-2, mta/mta-hub-rhel9 6.2.2-2, mta/mta-rhel8-operator 6.2.2-3, mta/mta-operator-bundle 6.2.2-5, mta/mta-pathfinder-rhel9 6.2.2-2, mta/mta-windup-addon-rhel9 6.2.2-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1027
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11 for RHEL 8 jenkins-2-plugins 4.11.1686831822-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3663
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13 jenkins-2-plugins 4.13.1686680473-1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3622
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-jettison 1.5.4-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4505
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-jettison 1.5.4-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4506
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-jettison 1.5.4-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4507
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform jettison 1.5.4.redhat-00002
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4509
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4918
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4919
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9 rh-sso7-keycloak 18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 18.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4920
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4924
  • Red Hat RHINT Camel-Q 2.13.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3667
  • Red Hat RHINT Camel-Springboot 3.18.3.P2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3641
  • Red Hat RHINT Camel-Springboot 3.20.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2100
  • Red Hat A-MQ Clients 2 jettison Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Runtimes 1 on RHEL 8 mtr/mtr-rhel8-operator 1.2-8, mtr/mtr-operator-bundle 1.2-12, mtr/mtr-web-executor-container-rhel8 1.2-7 Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.11 for RHEL 8 jenkins 2.401.1.1686831596-3.el8 Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13 jenkins 2.401.1.1686680404-3.el8 Red Hat Data Grid 8 jettison Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-xalan-j2 2.7.1-36.redhat_00014.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.12-3.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-glassfish-jaf 1.2.2-2.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.25-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.30-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jboss-cert-helper 1.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +44 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-xalan-j2 2.7.1-36.redhat_00014.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.12-3.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap, eap7-glassfish-jaf 1.2.2-2.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.25-3.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.30-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jboss-cert-helper 1.0.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +45 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

5 more not affected in the full advisory

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • research.jfrog.com https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/jettison-json-array-dos-xray-427911/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.codehaus.jettison:jettison
<1.5.4
1.5.4

Affected products

  • jettison jettison

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.