CVE-2026-54592

The CVE-2026-54592 vulnerability affects Oj (Optimized JSON), a Ruby gem JSON parser/marshaller. In versions prior to 3.17.3, Oj::Doc#each_child can overflow a fixed-size stack buffer when recursively traversing deeply nested JSON, causing a DoS. The issue arises from a two-step chain in ext/oj/f...

GHSA-3M6Q-JJ5J-38C9 Oj: Stack Buffer Overflow in Oj::Doc#each_child via Deeply Nested Input

Summary Oj::Doceachchild, when invoked recursively over a deeply nested JSON document, overflows a fixed-size stack buffer and aborts the process. This is a denial of service reachable from untrusted JSON. Details Two-step chain in ext/oj/fast.c: 1. doceachchild line 1501 increments doc-where pas...