CVE-2026-54896

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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.

Severity

LOW

CVSS score

2.1 (v4.0)

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-07-01 00:16:32.867000

Last modified

2026-10-25 17:10:00.197000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-07-01T00:16:32.867",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-25T17:10:00.197",
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      "value": "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."
    },
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      "value": "Oj (JSON Optimizado) es un analizador JSON y un serializador de objetos empaquetado como una gema de Ruby. En versiones anteriores a la 3.17.2, cuando está en modo objeto, Oj.dump es vulnerable a un desbordamiento de búfer de montón al serializar objetos Exception con un valor :indent grande. El serializador asigna un búfer dimensionado para los atributos del objeto, pero no tiene en cuenta los bytes de indentación añadidos en cada escritura. Con indent: 5000, la acumulación de cadenas de indentación de 5.000 bytes desborda la asignación de montón de 13.150 bytes, corrompiendo la memoria de montón adyacente. Este problema ha sido solucionado en la versión 3.17.2."
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