What is CVE-2020-26883?

CVE-2020-26883 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-26883?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework

CVE-2020-26883

In Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2, stack consumption can occur because of unbounded recursion during parsing of crafted JSON documents.

EPSS: 0.014 (69.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Lightbend Play_framework
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26883?: CVE-2020-26883 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-26883?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.