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TI-2023-27613 Aliases CVE-2023-50472GHSA-278h-99f9-m238

cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c.

Priority HIGH 72CWE-476Published · 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 Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00969 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

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
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.16VulnerableDaveGamble
  • cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.16 Vulnerable ·DaveGamble

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2025:9838 Released 2025-06-26 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Satellite 6.15.5.3 Async Update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8 cjson-1.7.18-1.el8sat, python-sqlparse-0.5.0-1.el8pc, python3.11-sqlparse-0.5.0-1.el8pc +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2025:9838
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-50472
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-278h-99f9-m238

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2025-35424 cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-47533 cJSON JSON Patch Non-Atomic Application Destroys Data Before Validation CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-47532 cJSON cJSON_Compare Exponential Complexity Denial of Service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2019-08871 cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to multiline comments. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-08870 cJSON before 1.7.11 allows out-of-bounds access, related to \x00 in a string literal. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-08787 parse_string in cJSON.c in cJSON before 2016-10-02 has a buffer over-read, as… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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