Crow before 1.3.4 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in crow::json::load() that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to…
CVE-2026-116011
Crow before 1.3.4 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in crow::json::load() that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the server by sending deeply nested JSON. Attackers can send a request body with thousands of nested objects to exhaust the worker thread stack, terminating the process and dropping all connections.
Proof-of-concept code is published
Public PoC
- Public PoCD7EAD/CVE-2026-1160111 stars
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Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.7 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Public PoC
- Published
- 24 October 2026
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-674
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
At the source
References
- https://github.com/CrowCpp/Crow/blob/v1.3.3/include/crow/json.h#L878
- https://github.com/CrowCpp/Crow/commit/6956b7ca93c5df22f5aaccd670e5aa000c0d882b
- https://github.com/CrowCpp/Crow/releases/tag/v1.3.4
- https://github.com/CrowCpp/Crow/security/advisories/GHSA-7x84-xhp8-6cqj
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crow-before-1.3.4-denial-of-service-via-deeply-nested-json-in-crow-json-load
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