# CVE-2026-52746: JSONata: Malicious inputs to "$toMillis" function can cause resource exhaustion

- Also known as: GHSA-86VW-MFPG-WWV9
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.0, 1.8.9
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-08-03

## Affected

- jsonata-js jsonata: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.0; fixed in 1.8.9
- jsonata (npm): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.0
- jsonata (npm): fixed in 1.8.9

## Description

JSONata is a JSON query and transformation language. Prior to 2.2.0 and 1.8.9, malicious non-matching inputs to the $toMillis function can cause superlinear backtracking in the ISO-8601 validation regex, leading to denial of service in applications that evaluate user-provided JSONata expressions. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.0 and 1.8.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jsonata-js jsonata, jsonata, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.0, 1.8.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/security/advisories/GHSA-86vw-mfpg-wwv9
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/782
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/793
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/80ba95d170f74e3f20f4f36b8b77d8c85cea7686
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/d6ffc17cb16a8e53c222205bd274624e919cce0b
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v1.8.9
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v2.2.0

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