{"cve":"CVE-2020-27196","nvd":{"published":"2020-11-06T14:15:16.377","modified":"2026-06-17T03:08:55.950","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"references":["https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability","https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow","https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability","https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow"],"products":["lightbend:play_framework"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:11:20.317016139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-27196","score":0.01403,"percentile":0.72559,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x","summary":"Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework","modified":"2023-11-08T04:03:21.011390Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.typesafe.play:play","purl":"pkg:maven/com.typesafe.play/play","ranges":[">=2.6.0 <2.7.6"],"fixed":["2.7.6"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.typesafe.play:play","purl":"pkg:maven/com.typesafe.play/play","ranges":[">=2.8.0 <2.8.3"],"fixed":["2.8.3"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.typesafe.play:play-java","purl":"pkg:maven/com.typesafe.play/play-java","ranges":[">=2.6.0 <2.7.6"],"fixed":["2.7.6"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.typesafe.play:play-java","purl":"pkg:maven/com.typesafe.play/play-java","ranges":[">=2.8.0 <2.8.3"],"fixed":["2.8.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}