What is CVE-2026-48038?

CVE-2026-48038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hapijs Joi, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-48038?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hapijs Joi

CVE-2026-48038

joi is a schema description language and data validator for JavaScript. Prior to 17.13.4 and 18.2.1, denial of service is possible via an untrapped exception in services validating user-supplied JSON or object input with recursive link() s…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Hapijs Joi — versions < 17.13.4, >= 18.0.0, < 18.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-248

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-48038?: CVE-2026-48038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hapijs Joi, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-48038?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.