Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2026· Updated Jul 30, 2026
Uncontrolled recursion in the aws-smithy-json unknown-key skip path allows unauthenticated remote denial of service in smithy-rs generated servers
CVE-2026-18140
Description
Uncontrolled recursion in the unknown-key skip path of the aws-smithy-json runtime crate before 0.62.7, which the smithy-rs code generator invokes from every generated struct deserializer, might allow remote unauthenticated users to cause a denial of service (process abort via stack exhaustion) via a single small HTTP request containing deeply nested JSON to a smithy-rs generated server.
To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to aws-smithy-json 0.62.7 or later and rebuild.
Affected products
2- Range: <0.62.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- crates.io/crates/aws-smithy-json/0.62.7mitrepatch
- aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-067-aws/mitrevendor-advisory
- github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-8ffr-xgwf-xj56mitrethird-party-advisory
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