CVE-2020-27196
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 6, 2020 at 01:24 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPlay Framework
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.6.252.7.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.7.52.8.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.8.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerabilityx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflowCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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