CVE-2023-7272: Eclipse Parsson stack overflow with deeply nested objects

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In Eclipse Parsson before 1.0.4 and 1.1.3, a document with a large depth of nested objects can allow an attacker to cause a Java stack overflow exception and denial of service. Eclipse Parsson allows processing (e.g. parse, generate, transform and query) JSON documents.

Affected products

Eclipse Foundation Parsson: before 1.0.4; from 1.1.0 before 1.1.3 — fixed in 1.0.4, 1.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Eclipse Foundation Parsson 1.0.4, 1.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/12
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/12

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