CVE-2025-67221

Exp

The orjson.dumps function in orjson thru 3.11.4 does not limit recursion for deeply nested JSON documents.

Published: 2026-01-22 Last update: 2026-02-12 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-67221 is rated High Exploit Risk (60/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.55%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-67221

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-67221

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.55% +0.53%
2 2026-03-21 0.05% 0.02% -0.03%
3 2026-01-28 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-67221

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-67221

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-67221

GHSA-hx9q-6w63-j58v · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — orjson does not limit recursion for deeply nested JSON documents

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-67221

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-67221: 1 source package rows (py3-orjson); 7 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 7. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-67221
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67221
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67221/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-67221

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ijl orjson <= 3.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:ijl:orjson:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

References for CVE-2025-67221

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