CVE-2026-59990 json
Jawn: Uncontrolled nesting depth in JSON parser
published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-85554 , GHSA-cc4v-rvgp-2pf3
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Jawn is an open source JSON parser. Prior to 1.7.0, Jawn parse methods accept arbitrarily deep JSON array and object nesting without a depth limit, allowing a remote attacker who can submit untrusted JSON to grow parser contexts until the JVM heap is exhausted. The resulting java.lang.OutOfMemoryError is a fatal Scala error that is not ordinarily handled by scala.util.Try or cats.effect.IO, causing denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.0.
Patch / fix
- maven org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.12 1.7.0
- maven org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.13 1.7.0
- maven org.typelevel:jawn-parser_3 1.7.0
- typelevel jawn 1.7.0
- org.typelevel jawn-parser_2.12 1.7.0
- org.typelevel jawn-parser_2.13 1.7.0
- org.typelevel jawn-parser_3 1.7.0
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.12 | <1.7.0 |
1.7.0 |
| maven | org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.13 | <1.7.0 |
1.7.0 |
| maven | org.typelevel:jawn-parser_3 | <1.7.0 |
1.7.0 |
Affected products
- typelevel jawn
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
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github.com
/typelevel/jawn/commit/191cb3a44e77f1afab439ee636bf66bdf3c54a04
web
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github.com
/typelevel/jawn/commit/6219666641f9408498f85868f835e17bd8a72fed
web
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github.com
/typelevel/jawn/commit/93ac93e9c992c11b4c03d5455d8551f9fb24da1b
web
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github.com
/typelevel/jawn/commit/f6ace7e0db715de1a8c4618bed9378333a5c2214
web
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github.com
/typelevel/jawn/security/advisories/GHSA-cc4v-rvgp-2pf3
web
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github.com
/typelevel/jawn/releases/tag/v1.7.0
web
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github.com
/typelevel/jawn
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-59990
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cc4v-rvgp-2pf3
- NVD CVE-2026-59990
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