CVE-2020-26883 is a stack consumption vulnerability affecting Play Framework versions 2.6.0 through 2.8.2, caused by unbounded recursion when parsing maliciously crafted JSON documents. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can lead to a denial of service (availability impact) and requires no user interaction or authentication to exploit. 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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