GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r jackson-core has Nesting Depth Constraint Bypass in `UTF8DataInputJsonParser` potentially allowing Resource Exhaustion

HIGH Published 2026-03-04 Modified 2026-03-06 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-29062
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
tools.jackson.core:jackson-core
Severity
High
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
Weaknesses
CWE-770
Reviewed
2026-03-04

Affected packages

• Maven tools.jackson.core:jackson-core: >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.0 → fixed in 3.1.0

Description

Summary The `UTF8DataInputJsonParser`, which is used when parsing from a `java.io.DataInput` source, bypasses the `maxNestingDepth` constraint (default: 500) defined in `StreamReadConstraints`. A similar issue was found in `ReaderBasedJsonParser`. This allows a user to supply a JSON document with excessive nesting, which can cause a `StackOverflowError` when the structure is processed, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). The related fix for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core, CVE-2025-52999, was not fully applied to tools.jackson.core:jackson-core until the 3.1.0 release. It is recommended that 3.0.x users upgrade. Patches jackson-core contains a configurable limit for how deep Jackson will traverse in an input document. This check was missing in a few places in tools.jackson.core:jackson-core. The change is in https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554. jackson-core will throw a StreamConstraintsException if the limit is reached. jackson-databind also benefits from this change because it uses jackson-core to parse JSON inputs. Workarounds Users should avoid parsing input files from untrusted sources. Resources GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52999 https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-29062 jackson-core contains core low-level incremental ("streaming") parser and generator abstractions used by Jackson Data Processor. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References