CVE-2023-1436

Infinite recursion in Jettison leads to denial of service when creating a crafted JSONArray

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: March 16, 2023 at 08:59 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:27 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorJettison

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

SSVC

PoC

Description

An infinite recursion is triggered in Jettison when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. This leads to a StackOverflowError exception being thrown.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Jettison · Jettison Project

95%

v < 1.5.4

Affected range stops below 1.5.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

ExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/jettison-json-array-dos-xray-427911/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-674

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