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CVE-2020-26883

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-11-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-674

Description

In Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2, stack consumption can occur because of unbounded recursion during parsing of crafted JSON documents.

Affected products

• playframework: through 2.6.25; from 2.7.0 through 2.7.5; from 2.8.0 through 2.8.2

References

• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26883-JsonParseUncontrolledRecursion
• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26883-JsonParseUncontrolledRecursion

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