Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-27196",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-27196",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "CVE-2020-27196",
        "GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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              "repo": "https://github.com/playframework/playframework",
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                        "last_affected": "2.8.2"
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            "2.6.17",
            "2.6.16",
            "2.6.15",
            "2.6.14",
            "2.6.13",
            "2.6.12",
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            "2.6.0-RC1",
            "2.6.0-M5",
            "2.6.0-M4",
            "2.6.0-M3",
            "2.6.0-M2",
            "2.6.0-M1",
            "2.5.0",
            "2.5.0-RC2",
            "2.5.0-RC1",
            "2.5.0-M2",
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            "2.4.0-RC1",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27196.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:18.220607671Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability",
        "https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2020-27196",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429722,
  "published_at": "2020-11-06T14:15:16.377+00:00"
}