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TI-2023-22549 Aliases CVE-2023-42278GHSA-rr66-qh5m-w6mx

hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component JSONUtil.parse().

Priority HIGH 72CWE-120Published · 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-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component JSONUtil.parse().

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00837 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed cn.hutool:hutool-core (Maven): 5.8.22cn.hutool:hutool-json (Maven): 5.8.22

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—cn.hutool:hutool-core (Maven)before 5.8.225.8.22Patch availableGHSA-rr66-qh5m-w6mx
—cn.hutool:hutool-json (Maven)before 5.8.225.8.22Patch availableGHSA-rr66-qh5m-w6mx
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • cn.hutool:hutool-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 5.8.22 Fixed in 5.8.22 Patch available GHSA-rr66-qh5m-w6mx
  • cn.hutool:hutool-json (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 5.8.22 Fixed in 5.8.22 Patch available GHSA-rr66-qh5m-w6mx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hutool:hutool:5.8.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.8.21VulnerableHutool
  • cpe:2.3:a:hutool:hutool:5.8.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.8.21 Vulnerable ·Hutool

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-rr66-qh5m-w6mx cn.hutool:hutool-core (Maven) Fixed in 5.8.22 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-rr66-qh5m-w6mx cn.hutool:hutool-json (Maven) Fixed in 5.8.22 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-42278
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rr66-qh5m-w6mx

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2023-22548 hutool v5.8.21 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component jsonObject.putByPath. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • 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-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
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Sources

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