CVE-2026-90472 json
msgpack-java through 0.9.12 Stack Overflow via Nested Arrays
published 2026-09-12 57 d ago modified 2026-09-24 45 d ago also EUVD-2026-76848
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
msgpack-java through 0.9.12 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in MessageUnpacker.unpackValue() that recursively deserializes arrays and maps without nesting depth limits. Attackers can craft payloads with deeply nested arrays to exhaust the deserializing thread's stack and trigger StackOverflowError, causing per-request deserialization failures.
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-2026-90472 updated cvss 5.3
org.msgpack/msgpack-core: msgpack-java: Denial of Service via nested array deserialization
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Red Hat Fuse 7 msgpack-core 0.8.16affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 55 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-java/issues/1015 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- msgpack msgpack-java
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
References
-
github.com
/msgpack/msgpack-java/issues/1015
issue-tracking, exploit
-
github.com
/msgpack/msgpack-java/blob/v0.9.12/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/core/MessageUnpacker.java#L646-L664
technical-description
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github.com
/msgpack/msgpack-java
product
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vulncheck.com
/advisories/msgpack-java-through-0.9.12-stack-overflow-via-nested-arrays
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90472
- NVD CVE-2026-90472
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