Resource exhaustion in Gjson Project

CVE-2021-42836

GJSON before 1.9.3 allows a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.022 (81.1th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42836?
CVE-2021-42836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gjson Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-42836?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-42836 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.