util/JSONTokener.java in JSON-lib before 3.1.0 mishandles an unbalanced comment string.
Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 fixed, 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
util/JSONTokener.java in JSON-lib before 3.1.0 mishandles an unbalanced comment string.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.17565 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.kordamp.json:json-lib-core (Maven): 3.1.0Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 6 fixed, 7 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
| — | org.kordamp.json:json-lib-core (Maven) | before 3.1.0 | 3.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm |
| — | net.sf.json-lib:json-lib (Maven) | up to 2.4 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.kordamp.json:json-lib-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 3.1.0 Fixed in 3.1.0 Patch available GHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm
- net.sf.json-lib:json-lib (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 2.4 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm org.kordamp.json:json-lib-core (Maven) Fixed in 3.1.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 6 advisories
- RHSA-2025:2223 Released 2025-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Product OCP Tools 4.12 Openshift Jenkins security update
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 jenkins-2-plugins-4.12.1740464689-1.el8, jenkins-2.479.3.1740464431-3.el8
- RHSA-2025:2221 Released 2025-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Product OCP Tools 4.14 Openshift Jenkins security update
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.14 jenkins-2-plugins-4.14.1740109868-1.el8, jenkins-2.479.3.1740109575-3.el8
- RHSA-2025:2220 Released 2025-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Product OCP Tools 4.15 Openshift Jenkins security update
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.15 jenkins-2-plugins-4.15.1740052174-1.el8, jenkins-2.479.3.1740051993-3.el8
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:2218 Released 2025-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Product OCP Tools 4.17 Openshift Jenkins security update
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.17 jenkins-2-plugins-4.17.1739859908-1.el9, jenkins-2.479.3.1739859586-3.el9
- RHSA-2025:2222 Released 2025-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Product OCP Tools 4.13 Openshift Jenkins security update
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13 jenkins-2-plugins-4.13.1740464698-1.el8, jenkins-2.479.3.1740464433-3.el8
- RHSA-2025:2219 Released 2025-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Product OCP Tools 4.16 Openshift Jenkins security update
- OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.16 jenkins-2-plugins-4.16.1739896683-1.el9, jenkins-2.479.3.1739896390-3.el9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Data Grid 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2223 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2222 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2221 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2220 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2219 |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services for OCP 4.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:2218 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-47855
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/kordamp/json-lib/commit/a0c4a0eae277130e22979cf307c95dec4005a78e
- https://github.com/kordamp/json-lib/compare/v3.0.3...v3.1.0
- https://github.com/kordamp/json-lib
- https://github.com/kordamp/json-lib/blob/35a1f2aa22bac260438c0cf2399549311b5a21aa/pom.xml
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/json-lib
Sources
- CVE-2024-47855 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-47855 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wwcp-26wc-3fxm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-47855 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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