CVE-2026-29062 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in jackson-core versions 3.0.0 to before 3.1.0, specifically impacting the UTF8DataInputJsonParser and ReaderBasedJsonParser when parsing JSON from java.io.DataInput sources. The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass the maxNestingDepth constraint, leading to a StackOverflowError from excessively nested JSON documents. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.7 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction is required, posing a significant availability risk. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.0, < 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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
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