An issue was discovered genson thru 1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or…
Priority HIGH 72CWE-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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
An issue was discovered genson thru 1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00732 54th 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
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.owlike:genson (Maven) | up to 1.6 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-fj64-qprx-q7vq |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.owlike:genson (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-fj64-qprx-q7vq
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:genson_project:genson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.6 | Vulnerable | Genson Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:genson_project:genson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.6 Vulnerable ·Genson Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-34617
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fj64-qprx-q7vq
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-34617 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-34617 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fj64-qprx-q7vq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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