GHSA-6V53-7C9G-W56R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-04 21:23 – Updated: 2026-03-06 21:58Summary
The UTF8DataInputJsonParser, which is used when parsing from a java.io.DataInput source, bypasses the maxNestingDepth constraint (default: 500) defined in StreamReadConstraints.
A similar issue was found in ReaderBasedJsonParser.
This allows a user to supply a JSON document with excessive nesting, which can cause a StackOverflowError when the structure is processed, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
The related fix for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core, CVE-2025-52999, was not fully applied to tools.jackson.core:jackson-core until the 3.1.0 release. It is recommended that 3.0.x users upgrade.
Patches
jackson-core contains a configurable limit for how deep Jackson will traverse in an input document. This check was missing in a few places in tools.jackson.core:jackson-core.
The change is in https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554. jackson-core will throw a StreamConstraintsException if the limit is reached.
jackson-databind also benefits from this change because it uses jackson-core to parse JSON inputs.
Workarounds
Users should avoid parsing input files from untrusted sources.
Resources
GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52999 https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554
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"aliases": [
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"details": "### Summary\nThe `UTF8DataInputJsonParser`, which is used when parsing from a `java.io.DataInput` source, bypasses the `maxNestingDepth` constraint (default: 500) defined in `StreamReadConstraints`.\n\nA similar issue was found in `ReaderBasedJsonParser`.\n\nThis allows a user to supply a JSON document with excessive nesting, which can cause a `StackOverflowError` when the structure is processed, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nThe related fix for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core, CVE-2025-52999, was not fully applied to tools.jackson.core:jackson-core until the 3.1.0 release. It is recommended that 3.0.x users upgrade.\n\n### Patches\njackson-core contains a configurable limit for how deep Jackson will traverse in an input document. This check was missing in a few places in tools.jackson.core:jackson-core. \n\nThe change is in https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554. jackson-core will throw a StreamConstraintsException if the limit is reached.\n\njackson-databind also benefits from this change because it uses jackson-core to parse JSON inputs.\n\n### Workarounds\nUsers should avoid parsing input files from untrusted sources.\n\n### Resources\n[GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/security/advisories/GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r)\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52999\nhttps://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554",
"id": "GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r",
"modified": "2026-03-06T21:58:00Z",
"published": "2026-03-04T21:23:45Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/commit/8b25fd67f20583e75fb09564ce1eaab06cd5a902"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
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"summary": "jackson-core has Nesting Depth Constraint Bypass in `UTF8DataInputJsonParser` potentially allowing Resource Exhaustion"
}
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