CVE-2026-32874

UltraJSON has a Memory Leak parsing large integers allows DoS

Published Mar 20, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Versions 5.4.0 through 5.11.0 contain an accumulating memory leak in JSON parsing large (outside of the range [-2^63, 2^64 - 1]) integers. The leaked memory is a copy of the string form of the integer plus an additional NULL byte. The leak occurs irrespective of whether the integer parses successfully or is rejected due to having more than sys.get_int_max_str_digits() digits, meaning that any sized leak per malicious JSON can be achieved provided that there is no limit on the overall size of the payload. Any service that calls ujson.load()/ujson.loads()/ujson.decode() on untrusted inputs is affected and vulnerable to denial of service attacks. This issue has been fixed in version 5.12.0.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wgvc-ghv9-3pmm UltraJSON has a Memory Leak parsing large integers allows DoS
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8219-1 UltraJSON vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ultrajson Project
Ultrajson Project ultrajson
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ultrajson_project:ultrajson:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
Vendors & Products Ultrajson Project
Ultrajson Project ultrajson
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ultrajson
Ultrajson ultrajson
Vendors & Products Ultrajson
Ultrajson ultrajson
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Versions 5.4.0 through 5.11.0 contain an accumulating memory leak in JSON parsing large (outside of the range [-2^63, 2^64 - 1]) integers. The leaked memory is a copy of the string form of the integer plus an additional NULL byte. The leak occurs irrespective of whether the integer parses successfully or is rejected due to having more than sys.get_int_max_str_digits() digits, meaning that any sized leak per malicious JSON can be achieved provided that there is no limit on the overall size of the payload. Any service that calls ujson.load()/ujson.loads()/ujson.decode() on untrusted inputs is affected and vulnerable to denial of service attacks. This issue has been fixed in version 5.12.0.
Title UltraJSON has a Memory Leak parsing large integers allows DoS
Weaknesses CWE-401
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 15, 2026, 1:07 AM
Reserved
Mar 16, 2026, 9:03 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 20, 2026, 2:16 AM
Modified
Jul 15, 2026, 2:20 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Mar 20, 2026, 1:31 AM