High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 23, 2026· Updated Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-59990
CVE-2026-59990
Description
Jawn is an open source JSON parser. Prior to 1.7.0, Jawn parse methods accept arbitrarily deep JSON array and object nesting without a depth limit, allowing a remote attacker who can submit untrusted JSON to grow parser contexts until the JVM heap is exhausted. The resulting java.lang.OutOfMemoryError is a fatal Scala error that is not ordinarily handled by scala.util.Try or cats.effect.IO, causing denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.0.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.12Maven | < 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 |
org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.13Maven | < 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 |
org.typelevel:jawn-parser_3Maven | < 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 |
Affected products
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References
7- github.com/advisories/GHSA-cc4v-rvgp-2pf3ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/typelevel/jawn/commit/191cb3a44e77f1afab439ee636bf66bdf3c54a04nvdWEB
- github.com/typelevel/jawn/commit/6219666641f9408498f85868f835e17bd8a72fednvdWEB
- github.com/typelevel/jawn/commit/93ac93e9c992c11b4c03d5455d8551f9fb24da1bnvdWEB
- github.com/typelevel/jawn/commit/f6ace7e0db715de1a8c4618bed9378333a5c2214nvdWEB
- github.com/typelevel/jawn/releases/tag/v1.7.0nvdWEB
- github.com/typelevel/jawn/security/advisories/GHSA-cc4v-rvgp-2pf3nvdWEB
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