CVE-2026-32875

UltraJSON has an integer overflow handling large indent leads to buffer overflow or infinite loop

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 5.10 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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c8rr-9gxc-jprv UltraJSON has an integer overflow handling large indent leads to buffer overflow or infinite loop
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8219-1 UltraJSON vulnerabilities
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Ultrajson Project
Ultrajson Project ultrajson
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ultrajson_project:ultrajson:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
Vendors & Products Ultrajson Project
Ultrajson Project ultrajson
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First Time appeared Ultrajson
Ultrajson ultrajson
Vendors & Products Ultrajson
Ultrajson ultrajson
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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.
Title UltraJSON has an integer overflow handling large indent leads to buffer overflow or infinite loop
Weaknesses CWE-190
CWE-787
CWE-835
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, 1:35 AM