hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component jsonObject.putByPath.
Priority HIGH 82CWE-120Published · 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 and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component jsonObject.putByPath.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00911 60th 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
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 |
| — | cn.hutool:hutool-core (Maven) | up to 5.8.21 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-7p8c-crfr-q93p |
| — | cn.hutool:hutool-json (Maven) | up to 5.8.21 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-7p8c-crfr-q93p |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- cn.hutool:hutool-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 5.8.21 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-7p8c-crfr-q93p
- cn.hutool:hutool-json (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 5.8.21 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-7p8c-crfr-q93p
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-42277
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7p8c-crfr-q93p
References
More Hutool vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-22547 hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component jsonArray. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-09904 Deserialization vulnerability in Dromara Hutool v5.8.11 allows attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-22549 hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component JSONUtil.parse(). CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-22552 A stack overflow in the org.json.JSONTokener.nextValue::JSONTokener.java component of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-22551 hutool-json v5.8.10 was discovered to contain an out of memory error. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-22550 A stack overflow in the XML.toJSONObject component of hutool-json v5.8.10 allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-42277 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-42277 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7p8c-crfr-q93p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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