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 many JSON object fields (with keys that have the same hash code).
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-q8xj-8xg3-w432 |
| — | io.spray:spray-json_2.11 (Maven) | before 1.3.5 | 1.3.5 | Patch available | GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432 |
| — | io.spray:spray-json_2.10 (Maven) | before 1.3.5 | 1.3.5 | Patch available | GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432 |
- — 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-q8xj-8xg3-w432
- io.spray:spray-json_2.11 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.5 Fixed in 1.3.5 Patch available GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432
- io.spray:spray-json_2.10 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.5 Fixed in 1.3.5 Patch available GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432 io.spray:spray-json_2.12 (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432 io.spray:spray-json_2.11 (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432 io.spray:spray-json_2.10 (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-18854
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432
References
More Lightbend Spray-json vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-13355 Lightbend Spray spray-json through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2018-18854 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-18854 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q8xj-8xg3-w432 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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