CVE-2026-54896

LOW

Oj: Heap Buffer Overflow in Oj.dump Exception Serialization via Large Indent

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2026-54896. PoCs published by HermesNA-1.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains an auto-generated stub module for CVE-2026-54896, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the Oj Ruby gem (versions prior to 3.17.2) during JSON serialization in object mode. The code includes placeholder methods (`check` and `run`) but lacks actual exploit implementation or technical details about the vulnerability mechanics.

Description

Oj (Optimized JSON) is a JSON parser and Object marshaller packaged as a Ruby gem. In versions prior to 3.17.2, when in object mode, Oj.dump is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow when serializing Exception objects with a large :indent value. The serializer allocates a buffer sized for the object's attributes but does not account for the indent bytes added on each write. With indent: 5000, the accumulation of 5,000-byte indent strings overflows the 13,150-byte heap allocation, corrupting adjacent heap memory. This issue has been fixed in version 3.17.2.

Exploits (1)

github STUB 1 stars
by HermesNA-1 · pythonpoc
https://github.com/HermesNA-1/SnakeSploit/tree/main/data/modules_generated/cve-2026-54896_optimized_json.py

This repository contains an auto-generated stub module for CVE-2026-54896, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the Oj Ruby gem (versions prior to 3.17.2) during JSON serialization in object mode. The code includes placeholder methods (`check` and `run`) but lacks actual exploit implementation or technical details about the vulnerability mechanics.

Classification
Stub 99%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Oj (Optimized JSON) Ruby gem versions prior to 3.17.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must be running a vulnerable version of the Oj gem (< 3.17.2) · Network access to the target service
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Jul 09, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v4 2.1
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.1%
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-122
Status published
Products (1)
ohler55/oj < 3.17.2
Published Jul 01, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 01, 2026