GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-w4cm-gvhj-cgw6 Jawn: Quadratic parsing effort in AsyncParser
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-61814
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.12, org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.13, org.typelevel:jawn-parser_3
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400, CWE-407
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-23
Affected packages
• Maven org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.12: < 1.7.0 → fixed in 1.7.0
• Maven org.typelevel:jawn-parser_2.13: < 1.7.0 → fixed in 1.7.0
• Maven org.typelevel:jawn-parser_3: < 1.7.0 → fixed in 1.7.0
Description
`AsyncParser` can be forced to perform O(n^2) work on the length of the input. When a single JSON token arrives across many small chunks, each `absorb` call rescans the incomplete token from the start.
Impact
Denial of service via CPU exhaustion when parsing untrusted JSON.
Preconditions:
• Application uses `AsyncParser`
• Attacker can send large tokens with control over chunk sizes.
Patches
Fixed in jawn-parser-1.7.0.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade immediately:
• Use the synchronous `Parser`.
• Buffer incoming bytes into larger chunks before calling `absorb`
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-61814 Jawn is an open source JSON parser. vulnerability