Answer in brief
CVE-2023-1370 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in json-smart Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps net.minidev:json-smart (maven), net.minidev:json-smart (maven). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps net.minidev:json-smart (maven), net.minidev:json-smart (maven). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| net.minidev:json-smartmaven | <2.4.9 | 2.4.9 |
| net.minidev:json-smartmaven | >=0 <2.4.9 | 2.4.9 |
Published upstream
Mar 23, 2023
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 4, 2026
### Impact Affected versions of [net.minidev:json-smart](https://github.com/netplex/json-smart-v1) are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a StackOverflowError when parsing a deeply nested JSON array or object. When reaching a ‘[‘ or ‘{‘ character in the JSON input, the code parses an array or an object respectively. It was discovered that the 3PP does not have any limit to the nesting of such arrays or objects. Since the parsing of nested arrays and objects is done recursively, nesting too many of them can cause stack exhaustion (stack overflow) and crash the software. ### Patches This vulnerability was fixed in json-smart version 2.4.9, but the maintainer recommends upgrading to 2.4.10, due to a remaining bug. ### Workarounds N/A ### References - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1370 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1370 - https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-NETMINIDEV-3369748
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