# CVE-2023-33546: Janino 3.1.9 and earlier are subject to denial of service (DOS) attacks when using the expression evaluator.guess parameter name method.

- Also known as: GHSA-GCG6-XV4F-F749
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-01 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.codehaus.janino:janino-parent (Maven): through 3.1.9

## Description

Janino 3.1.9 and earlier are subject to denial of service (DOS) attacks when using the expression evaluator.guess parameter name method. If the parser runs on user-supplied input, an attacker could supply content that causes the parser to crash due to a stack overflow. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple parties because Janino is not intended for use with untrusted input.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.codehaus.janino:janino-parent, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/janino-compiler/janino/issues/201
- https://janino-compiler.github.io/janino/#security

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