Security advisory

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  "id": "fea47f8209b03c0b0837c5f5fcde889c06709b4f0db078de8e0881dd76183bd3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-26819",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-26819",
    "summary": "cJSON 1.7.15 might allow a denial of service via a crafted JSON document such as {\"a\": true, \"b\": [ null,9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999912345678901234567]}.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-26819",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-26819",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-26819"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/davegamble/cjson",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d348621ca93571343a56862df7de4ff3bc9b5667"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d348621ca93571343a56862df7de4ff3bc9b5667"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.7.15"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.7.15"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.7.15",
            "v1.7.15"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-26819.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.101929058Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/boofish/json_bugs/tree/main/cjson",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00014.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/26xxx/CVE-2023-26819.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26819"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-440"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.7.15"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "ZeroIntroducedSingleVersion"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/26xxx/CVE-2023-26819.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-26819",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492665,
  "published_at": "2025-04-19T00:00:00+00:00"
}