CVE-2022-31116
HIGHultrajson < 5.4.0 - Key Confusion and Value Overwrite via Improper Surrogate Pair Decoding
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/security/advisories/GHSA-wpqr-jcpx-745r
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ultrajson/ultrajson/commit/67ec07183342589d602e0fcf7bb1ff3e19272687
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OPPU5FZP3LCTXYORFH7NHUMYA5X66IA7/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NAU5N4A7EUK2AMUCOLYDD5ARXAJYZBD2/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0183
EPSS Percentile
76.0%
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