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TI-2025-35424 Aliases CVE-2025-57052GHSA-98j5-4649-rfv2

cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the…

Priority HIGH 82CWE-125Published · 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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-129 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

cJSON 1.5.0 through 1.7.18 allows out-of-bounds access via the decode_array_index_from_pointer function in cJSON_Utils.c, allowing remote attackers to bypass array bounds checking and access restricted data via malformed JSON pointer strings containing alphanumeric characters.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00743 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

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

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0 – 1.7.18VulnerableDaveGamble
  • cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0 – 1.7.18 Vulnerable ·DaveGamble

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:17614 Released 2025-10-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Satellite 6.15.5.5 Async Update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8 cjson-1.7.18-2.el8sat, puppet-agent-7.34.0-4.el8sat, python-django-4.2.24-0.1.el8pc +1
  • RHSA-2025:17613 Released 2025-10-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Satellite 6.16.5.4 Async Update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 cjson-1.7.18-2.el8sat, puppet-agent-8.8.1-3.el8sat, python-django-4.2.24-0.1.el8pc +1
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 cjson-1.7.18-2.el9sat, puppet-agent-8.8.1-3.el9sat, python-django-4.2.24-0.1.el9pc +1
  • RHSA-2025:17606 Released 2025-10-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Satellite 6.17.5 Async Update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 cjson-1.7.18-2.el9sat, puppet-agent-8.8.1-3.el9sat, python-django-4.2.24-0.1.el9pc +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2025:17614
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2025:17613
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2025:17613
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2025:17606
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57052
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-98j5-4649-rfv2

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2023-27613 cJSON v1.7.16 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function cJSON_SetValuestring at cJSON.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • 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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