CVE-2024-27454 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

orjson.loads in orjson before 3.9.15 does not limit recursion for deeply nested JSON documents.

Published: 2024-02-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ijl:orjson:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-0130	orjson.loads in orjson before 3.9.15 does not limit recursion for deeply nested JSON documents.
Github GHSA	GHSA-pwr2-4v36-6qpr	orjson does not limit recursion for deeply nested JSON documents

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00136.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ijl/orjson/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#3915
https://github.com/ijl/orjson/commit/b0e4d2c06ce06c6e63981bf0276e4b7c74e5845e
https://github.com/ijl/orjson/issues/458
https://monicz.dev/CVE-2024-27454

History

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ijl Ijl orjson
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ijl:orjson::::::python::*
Vendors & Products		Ijl Ijl orjson

Subscriptions

Ijl Orjson

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:14:21.107Z

Reserved: 2024-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-27454

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:34:52.395Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-26T16:28:00.530

Modified: 2025-09-18T16:23:58.163

Link: CVE-2024-27454

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-674

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