GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r
jackson-core has Nesting Depth Constraint Bypass in `UTF8DataInputJsonParser` potentially allowing Resource Exhaustion
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-29062
- CVSS_V4
- 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
Description
### Summary 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://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/security/advisories/GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r) https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52999 https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · tools.jackson.core:jackson-core | introduced 3.0.0, fixed 3.1.0 |
References
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/security/advisories/GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r WEB
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/security/advisories/GHSA-h46c-h94j-95f3 WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52999 ADVISORY
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29062 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554 WEB
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/commit/8b25fd67f20583e75fb09564ce1eaab06cd5a902 WEB
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core PACKAGE
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |