7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-32875
UltraJSON has an integer overflow handling large indent leads to buffer overflow or infinite loop
Description

UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Versions 5.10 through 5.11.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow or infinite loop through large indent handling. ujson.dumps() crashes the Python interpreter (segmentation fault) when the product of the indent parameter and the nested depth of the input exceeds INT32_MAX. It can also get stuck in an infinite loop if the indent is a large negative number. Both are caused by an integer overflow/underflow whilst calculating how much memory to reserve for indentation. And both can be used to achieve denial of service. To be vulnerable, a service must call ujson.dump()/ujson.dumps()/ujson.encode() whilst giving untrusted users control over the indent parameter and not restrict that indentation to reasonably small non-negative values. A service may also be vulnerable to the infinite loop if it uses a fixed negative indent. An underflow always occurs for any negative indent when the input data is at least one level nested but, for small negative indents, the underflow is usually accidentally rectified by another overflow. This issue has been fixed in version 5.12.0.

INFO

Published Date :

March 20, 2026, 2:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update UltraJSON to version 5.12.0 or later to fix buffer overflow and infinite loop vulnerabilities.
  • Update UltraJSON to version 5.12.0.
  • Avoid using untrusted indent values.
  • Restrict indent to small non-negative values.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/commit/486bd4553dc471a1de11613bc7347a6b318e37ea
https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/issues/700
https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/security/advisories/GHSA-c8rr-9gxc-jprv
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 20, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Versions 5.10 through 5.11.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow or infinite loop through large indent handling. ujson.dumps() crashes the Python interpreter (segmentation fault) when the product of the indent parameter and the nested depth of the input exceeds INT32_MAX. It can also get stuck in an infinite loop if the indent is a large negative number. Both are caused by an integer overflow/underflow whilst calculating how much memory to reserve for indentation. And both can be used to achieve denial of service. To be vulnerable, a service must call ujson.dump()/ujson.dumps()/ujson.encode() whilst giving untrusted users control over the indent parameter and not restrict that indentation to reasonably small non-negative values. A service may also be vulnerable to the infinite loop if it uses a fixed negative indent. An underflow always occurs for any negative indent when the input data is at least one level nested but, for small negative indents, the underflow is usually accidentally rectified by another overflow. This issue has been fixed in version 5.12.0.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CWE CWE-190
    Added CWE CWE-835
    Added Reference https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/commit/486bd4553dc471a1de11613bc7347a6b318e37ea
    Added Reference https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/issues/700
    Added Reference https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/security/advisories/GHSA-c8rr-9gxc-jprv
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