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TI-2024-36044 Aliases CVE-2024-53848GHSA-q6mv-284r-mp36

check-jsonschema default caching for remote schemas allows for cache confusion

Priority LOW 30CWE-349Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

check-jsonschema is a CLI and set of pre-commit hooks for jsonschema validation. The default cache strategy uses the basename of a remote schema as the name of the file in the cache, e.g. `https://example.org/schema.json` will be stored as `schema.json`. This naming allows for conflicts. If an attacker can get a user to run `check-jsonschema` against a malicious schema URL, e.g., `https://example.evil.org/schema.json`, they can insert their own schema into the cache and it will be picked up and used instead of the appropriate schema. Such a cache confusion attack could be used to allow data to pass validation which should have been rejected. This issue has been patched in version 0.30.0. All users are advised to upgrade. A few workarounds exist: 1. Users can use `--no-cache` to disable caching. 2. Users can use `--cache-filename` to select filenames for use in the cache, or to ensure that other usages do not overwrite the cached schema. (Note: this flag is being deprecated as part of the remediation effort.) 3. Users can explicitly download the schema before use as a local file, as in `curl -LOs https://example.org/schema.json; check-jsonschema --schemafile ./schema.json`

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00145 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed check-jsonschema (python-jsonschema): 0.30.0check-jsonschema (PyPI): 0.30.0

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
python-jsonschemacheck-jsonschemabefore 0.30.00.30.0Patch availableCNA
—check-jsonschema (PyPI)before 0.30.00.30.0Patch availableGHSA-q6mv-284r-mp36
  • check-jsonschema Vendorpython-jsonschema Affected before 0.30.0 Fixed in 0.30.0 Patch available CNA
  • check-jsonschema (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.30.0 Fixed in 0.30.0 Patch available GHSA-q6mv-284r-mp36

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA check-jsonschema (python-jsonschema) Fixed in 0.30.0
  • Fix · GHSA-q6mv-284r-mp36 check-jsonschema (PyPI) Fixed in 0.30.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-53848
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q6mv-284r-mp36

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