CVE-2020-27196 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Play Framework versions 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. It arises from an eager body parsing mechanism in PlayJava, where a deeply nested JSON structure sent to any valid POST endpoint can trigger a StackOverflowError. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability for the affected application. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.7.0, <= 2.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.8.0, <= 2.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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