CVE-2026-41146
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Description
facil.io is a C micro-framework for web applications. Prior to commit 5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0, `fio_json_parse` can enter an infinite loop when it encounters a nested JSON value starting with `i` or `I`. The process spins in user space and pegs one CPU core at ~100% instead of returning a parse error. Because `iodine` vendors the same parser code, the issue also affects `iodine` when it parses attacker-controlled JSON. The smallest reproducer I found is `[i`. The quoted-value form that originally exposed the issue, `[""i`, reaches the same bug because the parser tolerates missing commas and then treats the trailing `i` as the start of another value. Commit 5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0 fixes the issue.
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"id": "CVE-2026-41146",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-04-22T02:16:02.237",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T22:10:00.163",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"value": "facil.io is a C micro-framework for web applications. Prior to commit 5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0, `fio_json_parse` can enter an infinite loop when it encounters a nested JSON value starting with `i` or `I`. The process spins in user space and pegs one CPU core at ~100% instead of returning a parse error. Because `iodine` vendors the same parser code, the issue also affects `iodine` when it parses attacker-controlled JSON. The smallest reproducer I found is `[i`. The quoted-value form that originally exposed the issue, `[\"\"i`, reaches the same bug because the parser tolerates missing commas and then treats the trailing `i` as the start of another value. Commit 5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0 fixes the issue."
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"value": "facil.io es un micro-framework C para aplicaciones web. Antes del commit 5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0, ’fio_json_parse’ puede entrar en un bucle infinito cuando encuentra un valor JSON anidado que comienza con ’i’ o ’I’. El proceso se ejecuta en un bucle en el espacio de usuario y fija un núcleo de CPU al ~100% en lugar de devolver un error de análisis. Debido a que ’iodine’ distribuye el mismo código de analizador, el problema también afecta a ’iodine’ cuando analiza JSON controlado por el atacante. El reproductor más pequeño que encontré es ’[i’. La forma de valor entre comillas que originalmente expuso el problema, ’[“”i’, alcanza el mismo error porque el analizador tolera comas faltantes y luego trata la ’i’ final como el inicio de otro valor. El commit 5128747363055201d3ecf0e29bf0a961703c9fa0 soluciona el problema."
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