CVE detail
CVE-2026-67216
cJSON through 1.7.19 contains an inefficient algorithmic complexity flaw in cJSON_Compare(). When comparing objects, the function recurses into each shared subtree twice, once in each direction, with no depth guard, making the running time exponential in nesting depth. A small, deeply nested document of a few hundred bytes (depth around 40) compared for equality consumes hours of CPU, and the cost roughly doubles with each additional level of nesting. An application that calls cJSON_Compare() on attacker-influenced JSON that is structurally equal to a reference document is exposed to a denial-of-service condition.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 3
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 3
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
3 source links · newest first
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cjson-cjson-compare-exponential-complexity-denial-of-servicewww.vulncheck.com
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Exploitwww.vulncheck.comJul 29, 2026, 2:16 PM No excerpt available.
Exploitjoshua.huJul 29, 2026, 2:16 PMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comJul 29, 2026, 2:16 PM
Exploit code
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