CVE-2026-32874
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 7.5
UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Versions 5.4.0 through 5.11.0 contain an accumulating memory leak in JSON parsing large (outside of the range [-2^63, 2^64 - 1]) integers. The leaked memory is a copy of the string form of the integer plus an additional NULL byte. The leak occurs irrespective of whether the integer parses successfully or is rejected due to having more than sys.get_int_max_str_digits() digits, meaning that any sized leak per malicious JSON can be achieved provided that there is no limit on the overall size of the payload. Any service that calls ujson.load()/ujson.loads()/ujson.decode() on untrusted inputs is affected and vulnerable to denial of service attacks. This issue has been fixed in version 5.12.0.
Products: ultrajson, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0
Fixed upstream
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ujson | 5.12.0 |
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Chainguard | apache-beam-python-3.12-sdk | 2.71.0-r1 |
| Debian 12 | ujson | no fix |
| Debian 13 | ujson | no fix |
| Debian 14 | ujson | 5.13.0-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | ujson | 5.10.0-1ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | ujson | 5.11.0-3ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | ujson | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | ujson | 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | ujson | 5.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |