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CVE-2020-26883

7.5 highEPSS 1.4%

High (7.5) in lightbend play framework. EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in com.typesafe.play:play 2.7.6, 2.8.3.

In Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2, stack consumption can occur because of unbounded recursion during parsing of crafted JSON documents.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-674
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-p8p6-rcp6-4mrmMavencom.typesafe.play:play>=2.6.0 <2.7.62.7.6
GHSA-p8p6-rcp6-4mrmMavencom.typesafe.play:play>=2.8.0 <2.8.32.8.3
GHSA-p8p6-rcp6-4mrmMavencom.typesafe.play:play-java>=2.6.0 <2.7.62.7.6
GHSA-p8p6-rcp6-4mrmMavencom.typesafe.play:play-java>=2.8.0 <2.8.32.8.3

References

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