# CVE-2026-50193: jackson-databind: Deeply nested JsonNode throws StackOverflowError for toString()

- Also known as: GHSA-3WRR-7QPF-2PRH
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14.0
- Published: 2026-06-23 · Updated: 2026-06-24

## Affected

- FasterXML jackson-databind: from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.14.0
- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind (Maven): from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.14.0

## Description

jackson-databind contains the general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model for Jackson Data Processor. From 2.13.0 until 2.14.0, a potential Denial-of-Service exists when attacker sends deeply nested JSON if (and only if) the service reads deeply nested (1000s of levels) JSON as JsonNode (ObjectMapper.readTree()) and writes out same (or modifided) node using JsonNode.toString(). This can consume significant amount of resources with concurrent relatively small requests (1000 nested arrays is 2kB). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.14.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FasterXML jackson-databind, com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/security/advisories/GHSA-3wrr-7qpf-2prh
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/3447
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/a1fa4ae4ecf5cee16da465985f135f3e81816f8c

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