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CVE-2026-112021

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Description

snac2 before 2.93 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in _xs_json_load_lexer() that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to corrupt heap memory by sending JSON strings containing a \u0000 escape. Attackers can send a single crafted application/activity+json POST to activitypub_post_handler(), which parses it before signature checks, overflowing heap allocations and crashing the server.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-18 12:17:15.200000
Last modified
2026-10-19 21:14:14.150000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-18T12:17:15.200",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:14:14.150",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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    }
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      "url": "https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2",
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      "url": "https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/releases/tag/2.93",
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    {
      "url": "https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/src/tag/2.92/xs_json.h#L283-L285",
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    {
      "url": "https://nullenvk.pl/posts/02-snac2-json",
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      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
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}