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TI-2021-12108 Aliases CVE-2021-32292GHSA-gf2h-qrq9-jg6v

An issue was discovered in json-c from 20200420 (post 0.14 unreleased code) through…

Priority HIGH 82CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in json-c from 20200420 (post 0.14 unreleased code) through 0.15-20200726. A stack-buffer-overflow exists in the auxiliary sample program json_parse which is located in the function parseit.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01353 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableNetApp
cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.15-20200726:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.15-20200726VulnerableJson-c
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·NetApp
  • cpe:2.3:a:json-c:json-c:0.15-20200726:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.15-20200726 Vulnerable ·Json-c

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-32292
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gf2h-qrq9-jg6v

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Sources

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