# CVE-2023-34615: An issue was discovered JSONUtil thru 5.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that

- Also known as: GHSA-W2RR-WVH9-M2M7
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-14 · Updated: 2025-01-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- net.pwall.json:jsonutil (Maven): through 5.0

## Description

An issue was discovered JSONUtil thru 5.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, net.pwall.json:jsonutil, 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/billdavidson/JSONUtil/issues/10

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