CVE-2026-52852 json
Traccar: Uncontrolled Infinite Loop DoS via Group Parent Cycle
published 5mo ago modified 25d ago also EUVD-2026-82389 , GHSA-6qh3-234v-r254
Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory
Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository traccar/traccar. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Traccar is an open source GPS tracking system. Prior to 6.14.0, an authenticated user with permission to manage groups and request reports can create a cyclic group-parent hierarchy and request a trips or stops report for a device in that hierarchy. org.traccar.api.resource.GroupResource permits the parent cycle, while org.traccar.helper.model.AttributeUtil.lookup follows group parents without cycle detection, a visited set, or a depth limit. The storage-backed lookup reached through TripsConfig. and ReportUtils.slowTripsAndStops never terminates, pins a Jetty worker at high CPU after the client disconnects, and can exhaust the web/API worker pool when requests are repeated. The position-ingestion cache-backed path is not part of the confirmed affected scope. This issue is fixed in 6.14.0.
Patch / fix
- traccar traccar 6.14.0
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- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/traccar/traccar/security/advisories/GHSA-6qh3-234v-r254 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- traccar traccar
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-52852
- NVD CVE-2026-52852
- Maintainer advisory GHSA-6qh3-234v-r254
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The maintainers of traccar/traccar published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.