HIGH 7.5 Maven
Jawn: Quadratic parsing effort in AsyncParser
GHSA-w4cm-gvhj-cgw6 · CVE-2026-61814
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Description
AsyncParser can be forced to perform O(n^2) work on the length of the input. When a single JSON token arrives across many small chunks, each absorb call rescans the incomplete token from the start.
Impact
Denial of service via CPU exhaustion when parsing untrusted JSON.
Preconditions:
- Application uses
AsyncParser - Attacker can send large tokens with control over chunk sizes.
Patches
Fixed in jawn-parser-1.7.0.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade immediately:
- Use the synchronous
Parser. - Buffer incoming bytes into larger chunks before calling
absorb
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