Description
UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Affected versions were found to improperly decode certain characters. JSON strings that contain escaped surrogate characters not part of a proper surrogate pair were decoded incorrectly. Besides corrupting strings, this allowed for potential key confusion and value overwriting in dictionaries. All users parsing JSON from untrusted sources are vulnerable. From version 5.4.0, UltraJSON decodes lone surrogates in the same way as the standard library's `json` module does, preserving them in the parsed output. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
21.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-670
Status
published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora
35
fedoraproject/fedora
36
pypi/ujson
0 - 5.4.0PyPI
ultrajson_project/ultrajson
< 5.4.0
Published
Jul 05, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026