Lightbend Spray spray-json through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
Priority LOW 37CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Lightbend Spray spray-json through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) because of Algorithmic Complexity during the parsing of a field composed of many decimal digits.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01897 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed io.spray:spray-json_2.12 (Maven): 1.3.5io.spray:spray-json_2.11 (Maven): 1.3.5+1 more product
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | io.spray:spray-json_2.12 (Maven) | before 1.3.5 | 1.3.5 | Patch available | GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29 |
| — | io.spray:spray-json_2.11 (Maven) | before 1.3.5 | 1.3.5 | Patch available | GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29 |
| — | io.spray:spray-json_2.10 (Maven) | before 1.3.5 | 1.3.5 | Patch available | GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- io.spray:spray-json_2.12 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.5 Fixed in 1.3.5 Patch available GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29
- io.spray:spray-json_2.11 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.5 Fixed in 1.3.5 Patch available GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29
- io.spray:spray-json_2.10 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.5 Fixed in 1.3.5 Patch available GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29 io.spray:spray-json_2.12 (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29 io.spray:spray-json_2.11 (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29 io.spray:spray-json_2.10 (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-18853
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29
References
More Lightbend Spray-json vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-13356 Lightbend Spray spray-json through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2018-18853 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-18853 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f94m-mqhr-mc29 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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