# CVE-2026-112021: snac2 before 2.93 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via JSON Parser \_xs\_json\_load\_lexer()

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.93
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- grunfink snac2: fixed in 2.93

## Description

snac2 before 2.93 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in _xs_json_load_lexer() that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to corrupt heap memory by sending JSON strings containing a \u0000 escape. Attackers can send a single crafted application/activity+json POST to activitypub_post_handler(), which parses it before signature checks, overflowing heap allocations and crashing the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grunfink snac2, upgrade to a fixed version (2.93) per the references below.
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## References

- https://nullenvk.pl/posts/02-snac2-json
- https://gist.github.com/nullenvk/2bf288e2d34cb3d4b7143e61dbf7d90b
- https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/src/tag/2.92/xs_json.h#L283-L285
- https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/commit/ec2c5c2046e0381bc942ec5d0d05ec861fe377e7
- https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/releases/tag/2.93
- https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snac2-before-2.93-heap-based-buffer-overflow-via-json-parser-xs-json-load-lexer

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