json-io vulnerable to stack exhaustion

published 2023-06-14 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-779h-3r69-4f5p , EUVD-2023-1723

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered json-io thru 4.14.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven com.cedarsoftware:json-io 4.14.1

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-2023-34610 updated 2026-11-06 cvss 7.5

json-io: cyclic dependencies in a crafted object could result in Dos

Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 org.apache.camel-camel org.apache.camel-camel
affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 org.infinispan.hadoop-infinispan-hadoop-aggregator org.infinispan.hadoop-infinispan-hadoop-aggregator
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2025-01-06)

Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/jdereg/json-io/issues/169 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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
CNA	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	com.cedarsoftware:json-io	<4.14.1	4.14.1

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com /jdereg/json-io/issues/169
web, exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34610
advisory
github.com /jdereg/json-io/issues/174
web
github.com /jdereg/json-io
package

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.

Summary