CVE-2026-93450 PUBLISHED

go-openapi/swag jsonutils before 0.27.1 Uncontrolled Recursion in Ordered JSON Marshal and Unmarshal

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 17.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

go-openapi/swag jsonutils before 0.27.1 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in ordered JSON parsing and serialization due to unbounded recursion with no depth limit. Remote unauthenticated attackers can submit deeply nested JSON documents to services accepting OpenAPI specifications, causing fatal stack overflow that terminates the process and all in-flight requests.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor go-openapi
Product swag
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.27.1 (excl.)

Credits

  • Wei Zhang, PayPal Cyber Security Team finder

References

Problem Types

  • Uncontrolled Recursion CWE