GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r jackson-core has Nesting Depth Constraint Bypass in `UTF8DataInputJsonParser` potentially allowing Resource Exhaustion
HIGH
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- 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
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/security/advisories/GHSA-6v53-7c9g-w56r web
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/security/advisories/GHSA-h46c-h94j-95f3 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52999 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29062 advisory
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/pull/1554 web
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/commit/8b25fd67f20583e75fb09564ce1eaab06cd5a902 web
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core package