What is CVE-2020-35380?

CVE-2020-35380 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gjson Project. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-35380?

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

Vulnerability in Gjson Project

CVE-2020-35380

GJSON before 1.6.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted JSON.

Published 2020-12-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.015 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Gjson Project

References

github.com/tidwall/gjson/issues/192 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35380?: CVE-2020-35380 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gjson Project. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-35380?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.