CVE-2026-61551 (GCVE-0-2026-61551)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-18 17:23 – Updated: 2026-09-24 21:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Icinga 2: Stack overflow via deeply nested JSON objects
Summary
Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system. Prior to 2.14.9, 2.15.4, and 2.16.2, parsing deeply nested JSON can exhaust the call stack because nesting depth is not bounded. The affected JSON parsing paths are reachable by unauthenticated network clients through the Icinga 2 service on TCP port 5665, allowing a remote attacker to crash the process, while possible code execution has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.9, 2.15.4, and 2.16.2.
Severity
8.6 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-24 21:01 UTC
CWE
- CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Assigner
References
10 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/security/adviso… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/pull/10908 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/commit/391504ea… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/commit/3d9166ff… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/commit/4964d244… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/commit/ed163a8a… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.14.9 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.15.4 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/releases/tag/v2.16.2 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://icinga.com/blog/icinga2-security-release-… | x_refsource_MISC |
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