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CVE-2022-31018

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-31018 is a denial of service vulnerability affecting Play Framework versions 2.8.3 through 2.8.15. It arises from deeply-nested JSON objects or arrays in form binding operations, leading to an OutOfMemoryError and potential application crashes. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.8.3, <= 2.8.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.typesafe.play:play_2.13Fixed in: 2.8.16
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.typesafe.play:play_2.12Fixed in: 2.8.16

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-v8x6-59g4-5g3whigh

Denial of service binding form from JSON in Play Framework

Jun 3, 2022

References

github.com / playframework/playframework/pull/11301
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / playframework/playframework/releases/tag/2.8.16
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / playframework/playframework/security/advisories/GHSA-v8x6-59g4-5g3w
MitigationThird Party Advisory