{"id":"CVE-2026-110974","aliases":["EUVD-2026-108079","GHSA-mpj5-6q3h-p6x6"],"status":"published","title":"Uncontrolled Recursion on Nested JSON Allows Denial of Service in android-json","description":"The org.json parser in com.vaadin.external.google:android-json recurses once per nesting level with no depth limit: JSONTokener.nextValue() calls readArray() and readObject(), which call nextValue() again. A deeply nested JSON document, around 20 KB of nested arrays with the default thread stack, makes the JSONArray and JSONObject constructors throw a raw java.lang.StackOverflowError instead of a JSONException. Any application that parses untrusted JSON with this library can be made to fail the thread doing the parsing. The artifact is a 2013 repackage of third-party org.json classes, published once and never maintained, and no fixed version will be released.\n\n\nUsers of the affected version should apply the following mitigation.\n\nProduct version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json 0.0.20131108.vaadin1\n\nMitigation\nNo fixed version will be released. Replace the artifact with an org.json implementation that limits the nesting depth, such as org.json:json 20231013 or later.\n\nArtifacts\nMaven coordinates / Vulnerable versions / Fixed version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json / 0.0.20131108.vaadin1 / none","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00329,"percentile":0.26384,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-674"],"published":"2026-10-22T08:52:27Z","modified":"2026-10-30T19:18:08Z","products":[{"vendor":"vaadin","product":"android-json"}],"references":[{"url":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/vaadin/external/google/android-json/0.0.20131108.vaadin1/"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110974"},{"url":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/vaadin/external/google/android-json/0.0.20131108.vaadin1"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpj5-6q3h-p6x6"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-110974","title":"Uncontrolled Recursion on Nested JSON Allows Denial of Service in android-json","description":"The org.json parser in com.vaadin.external.google:android-json recurses once per nesting level with no depth limit: JSONTokener.nextValue() calls readArray() and readObject(), which call nextValue() again. A deeply nested JSON document, around 20 KB of nested arrays with the default thread stack, makes the JSONArray and JSONObject constructors throw a raw java.lang.StackOverflowError instead of a JSONException. Any application that parses untrusted JSON with this library can be made to fail the thread doing the parsing. The artifact is a 2013 repackage of third-party org.json classes, published once and never maintained, and no fixed version will be released.\n\n\nUsers of the affected version should apply the following mitigation.\n\nProduct version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json 0.0.20131108.vaadin1\n\nMitigation\nNo fixed version will be released. Replace the artifact with an org.json implementation that limits the nesting depth, such as org.json:json 20231013 or later.\n\nArtifacts\nMaven coordinates / Vulnerable versions / Fixed version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json / 0.0.20131108.vaadin1 / none","status":"published","published":"2026-10-22T08:52:27.149Z","modified":"2026-10-30T18:07:46.612Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-674"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:34:37.420074Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-108079","description":"The org.json parser in com.vaadin.external.google:android-json recurses once per nesting level with no depth limit: JSONTokener.nextValue() calls readArray() and readObject(), which call nextValue() again. A deeply nested JSON document, around 20 KB of nested arrays with the default thread stack, makes the JSONArray and JSONObject constructors throw a raw java.lang.StackOverflowError instead of a JSONException. Any application that parses untrusted JSON with this library can be made to fail the thread doing the parsing. The artifact is a 2013 repackage of third-party org.json classes, published once and never maintained, and no fixed version will be released.\n\n\nUsers of the affected version should apply the following mitigation.\n\nProduct version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json 0.0.20131108.vaadin1\n\nMitigation\nNo fixed version will be released. Replace the artifact with an org.json implementation that limits the nesting depth, such as org.json:json 20231013 or later.\n\nArtifacts\nMaven coordinates / Vulnerable versions / Fixed version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json / 0.0.20131108.vaadin1 / none","status":"published","published":"2026-10-22T08:52:27Z","modified":"2026-10-30T18:07:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:59:03.071815Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-mpj5-6q3h-p6x6","title":"The org.json parser in com.vaadin.external.google:android-json recurses once per nesting level...","description":"The org.json parser in com.vaadin.external.google:android-json recurses once per nesting level with no depth limit: JSONTokener.nextValue() calls readArray() and readObject(), which call nextValue() again. A deeply nested JSON document, around 20 KB of nested arrays with the default thread stack, makes the JSONArray and JSONObject constructors throw a raw java.lang.StackOverflowError instead of a JSONException. Any application that parses untrusted JSON with this library can be made to fail the thread doing the parsing. The artifact is a 2013 repackage of third-party org.json classes, published once and never maintained, and no fixed version will be released.\n\n\nUsers of the affected version should apply the following mitigation.\n\nProduct version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json 0.0.20131108.vaadin1\n\nMitigation\nNo fixed version will be released. Replace the artifact with an org.json implementation that limits the nesting depth, such as org.json:json 20231013 or later.\n\nArtifacts\nMaven coordinates / Vulnerable versions / Fixed version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json / 0.0.20131108.vaadin1 / none","status":"published","published":"2026-10-22T09:31:47Z","modified":"2026-10-22T09:31:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-674"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:14:14.973906Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-110974","description":"The org.json parser in com.vaadin.external.google:android-json recurses once per nesting level with no depth limit: JSONTokener.nextValue() calls readArray() and readObject(), which call nextValue() again. A deeply nested JSON document, around 20 KB of nested arrays with the default thread stack, makes the JSONArray and JSONObject constructors throw a raw java.lang.StackOverflowError instead of a JSONException. Any application that parses untrusted JSON with this library can be made to fail the thread doing the parsing. The artifact is a 2013 repackage of third-party org.json classes, published once and never maintained, and no fixed version will be released.\n\n\nUsers of the affected version should apply the following mitigation.\n\nProduct version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json 0.0.20131108.vaadin1\n\nMitigation\nNo fixed version will be released. Replace the artifact with an org.json implementation that limits the nesting depth, such as org.json:json 20231013 or later.\n\nArtifacts\nMaven coordinates / Vulnerable versions / Fixed version\ncom.vaadin.external.google:android-json / 0.0.20131108.vaadin1 / none","status":"published","published":"2026-10-22T09:17:13.45Z","modified":"2026-10-30T19:18:08.7Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-674"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:13:02.371082Z"}]}}