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TI-2020-16533 Aliases CVE-2020-27196GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x

An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2.

Priority LOW 36CWE-787Published · 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 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01403 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed com.typesafe.play:play (Maven): 2.7.6, 2.8.3com.typesafe.play:play-java (Maven): 2.7.6, 2.8.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—com.typesafe.play:play (Maven)2.6.0 to before 2.7.62.7.6Patch availableGHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x
—com.typesafe.play:play (Maven)2.8.0 to before 2.8.32.8.3Patch availableGHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x
—com.typesafe.play:play-java (Maven)2.6.0 to before 2.7.62.7.6Patch availableGHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x
—com.typesafe.play:play-java (Maven)2.8.0 to before 2.8.32.8.3Patch availableGHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • com.typesafe.play:play (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.7.6 Fixed in 2.7.6 Patch available GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x
  • com.typesafe.play:play (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0 to before 2.8.3 Fixed in 2.8.3 Patch available GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x
  • com.typesafe.play:play-java (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.7.6 Fixed in 2.7.6 Patch available GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x
  • com.typesafe.play:play-java (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0 to before 2.8.3 Fixed in 2.8.3 Patch available GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.6.25; 2.7.0 – 2.7.5; 2.8.0 – 2.8.2VulnerableLightbend
  • cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.6.25; 2.7.0 – 2.7.5; 2.8.0 – 2.8.2 Vulnerable ·Lightbend

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x com.typesafe.play:play (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x com.typesafe.play:play (Maven) Fixed in 2.8.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x com.typesafe.play:play-java (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x com.typesafe.play:play-java (Maven) Fixed in 2.8.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-27196
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2014-02951 XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Java XML processing functionality in Play… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-13063 Denial of service binding form from JSON in Play Framework CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-01932 Netty before 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.x before 3.10.3.Final, 4.0.x before 4.0.28.Final, and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-10054 A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in the Assets controller in Play… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-13068 Dev error stack trace leaking into prod in Play Framework CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-16312 In Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2, stack consumption can occur because of unbounded… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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