CVE-2020-27196
HIGHPlay Framework 2.6.0-2.8.2 - Denial of Service via Deep JSON Structure
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0139
EPSS Percentile
69.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (3)
com.typesafe.play/play
2.6.0 - 2.7.6Maven
com.typesafe.play/play-java
2.6.0 - 2.7.6Maven
lightbend/play_framework
< 2.6.25
Published
Nov 06, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026