CVE-2026-54897

LOW

Oj : Use-After-Free in Oj::Doc Iterators via Reentrant Close

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2026-54897. PoCs published by HermesNA-1.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains an auto-generated stub module for CVE-2026-54897, a heap use-after-free vulnerability in Oj (Optimized JSON) Ruby gem (<3.17.2). The module includes placeholder code for probing target connectivity but lacks actual exploit implementation for the iterator-based use-after-free.

Description

Oj (Optimized JSON) is a JSON parser and Object marshaller packaged as a Ruby gem. Prior to 3.17.2, Oj::Doc iterators (each_value, each_child, each_leaf) were vulnerable to a heap use-after-free. When a Ruby block yielded during iteration calls doc.close or d.close, the document's heap memory is freed while the C iterator is still running. When control returns from the block, the iterator reads from the freed region, producing a use-after-free accessible from pure Ruby. 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-2026-54897_optimized_json.py

This repository contains an auto-generated stub module for CVE-2026-54897, a heap use-after-free vulnerability in Oj (Optimized JSON) Ruby gem (<3.17.2). The module includes placeholder code for probing target connectivity but lacks actual exploit implementation for the iterator-based use-after-free.

Classification
Stub 98%
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 expose a service parsing JSON via vulnerable Oj::Doc iterators (each_value, each_child, each_leaf) · Network connectivity to target port
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 2.0%
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-416
Status published
Products (1)
ohler55/oj < 3.17.2
Published Jul 01, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 01, 2026