# CVE-2026-52852: Traccar: Uncontrolled Infinite Loop DoS via Group Parent Cycle

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.14.0
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-21

## Affected

- traccar: fixed in 6.14.0

## Description

Traccar is an open source GPS tracking system. Prior to 6.14.0, an authenticated user with permission to manage groups and request reports can create a cyclic group-parent hierarchy and request a trips or stops report for a device in that hierarchy. org.traccar.api.resource.GroupResource permits the parent cycle, while org.traccar.helper.model.AttributeUtil.lookup follows group parents without cycle detection, a visited set, or a depth limit. The storage-backed lookup reached through TripsConfig. and ReportUtils.slowTripsAndStops never terminates, pins a Jetty worker at high CPU after the client disconnects, and can exhaust the web/API worker pool when requests are repeated. The position-ingestion cache-backed path is not part of the confirmed affected scope. This issue is fixed in 6.14.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on traccar, upgrade to a fixed version (6.14.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/traccar/traccar/security/advisories/GHSA-6qh3-234v-r254
- https://github.com/traccar/traccar/commit/8f6f59ac29d8b1222254e938672a0d99098fd800
- https://github.com/traccar/traccar/releases/tag/v6.14.0

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