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msgpack-java through 0.9.12 Stack Overflow via Nested Arrays

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

msgpack-java through 0.9.12 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in MessageUnpacker.unpackValue() that recursively deserializes arrays and maps without nesting depth limits. Attackers can craft payloads with deeply nested arrays to exhaust the deserializing thread's stack and trigger StackOverflowError, causing per-request deserialization failures.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-90472

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-90472

msgpack-java

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "msgpack",
    "product": "msgpack-java",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "0.9.12"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:maven/org.msgpack/msgpack-core",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-90472

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#1622 · Revision 1
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