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CVE-2023-26819

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-26819 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in cJSON version 1.7.15, where a specially crafted JSON document containing a large number can cause the application to crash. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.9, indicating a low attack complexity and local access vector, with the primary impact being a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.9LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.4
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 8th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20342-17084Fixed in: 1.7.0-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 libglvnd 1.7.0-3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 1.7.0-3
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: rpm-ostree
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: cjson
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: rpm-ostree
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: satellite:el8/cjson
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6Fixed in: satellite-capsule:el8/cjson
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: rpm-ostree

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2025-Aug/CVE-2023-26819Low

cJSON 1.7.15 might allow a denial of service via a crafted JSON document such as {"a": true, "b": [ null,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999912345678901234567]}.

Aug 12, 2025
redhatCVE-2023-26819Low

cJSON: cJSON rejects a valid text

Apr 19, 2025
microsoft2025-Apr/CVE-2023-26819Low

cJSON 1.7.15 might allow a denial of service via a crafted JSON document such as {"a": true, "b": [ null,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999912345678901234567]}.

Apr 8, 2025

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00014.html
github.com / boofish/json_bugs/tree/main/cjson
ExploitThird Party Advisory