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CVE-2023-1436

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-03-22
  • Fixed in1.5.4
  • WeaknessCWE-674

Am I affected?

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Description

An infinite recursion is triggered in Jettison when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. This leads to a StackOverflowError exception being thrown.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-03-2206:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Jettison project jettison
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.5< 1.5.41.5.4

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As JFROG, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-03-22

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • apache-hiveCleanStartall versions · fixed in 3.1.3-r3
  • druidWolfiall versions · fixed in 35.0.0-r0
  • druidWolfiall versions · fixed in 35.0.1-r0
  • druidWolfiall versions · fixed in 35.0.1-r5
  • druidWolfiall versions · fixed in 34.0.0-r6
  • druidChainguardall versions · fixed in 35.0.0-r0
  • druidChainguardall versions · fixed in 35.0.1-r0
  • druidChainguardall versions · fixed in 35.0.1-r5

42 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2023-1436 Red Hat Product Security36 products fixed · 33 known affected

    jettison: Uncontrolled Recursion in JSONArray

    openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8 as a component of Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift · jettison as a component of Red Hat Decision Manager 7 · jettison-javadoc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · +30 more

  • RHSA-2024:1027 Red Hat Product Security6 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Applications security update

  • RHSA-2023:7670 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Runtimes bug fix, enhancement and security update

  • RHSA-2023:4924 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.5 security update

  • RHSA-2023:4918 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.5 security update on RHEL 7

  • RHSA-2023:4920 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.5 security update on RHEL 9

11 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Jettison project jettison to 1.5.4
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:1027 · 6 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:4924 · 1 productBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  4. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:4920 · 3 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  5. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:4507 · 2 productsBefore applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications. For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  6. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:4509 · 1 productBefore applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications. The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-02-26
  • CNACVSS 3.15.9known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-674known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-674read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.0 %2026-11-08
  • OSVaffected packages—
  • GitHub AdvisoriesadvisoryHIGH2023-03-22

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2023-03-22
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-q6g2-g7f3-rr83

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1436?

An infinite recursion is triggered in Jettison when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. This leads to a StackOverflowError exception being thrown.

Is CVE-2023-1436 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-1436, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-1436?

CVE-2023-1436 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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