CVE-2026-32285 | Denial of service in github.com/buger/jsonparser

Exp

The Delete function fails to properly validate offsets when processing malformed JSON input. This can lead to a negative slice index and a runtime panic, allowing a denial of service attack.

Published: 2026-03-26 Last update: 2026-04-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-32285 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). 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-2026-32285

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-32285

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 2026-05-02 0.05% 0.02% -0.04%
2 2026-04-01 0.02% 0.05% +0.04%
3 2026-03-27 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-32285

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-2026-32285

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-32285

GHSA-6g7g-w4f8-9c9x · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — github.com/buger/jsonparser has a denial of service vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-32285

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-32285 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-github-buger-jsonparser), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-32285
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32285
suse medium CVE-2026-32285 severity moderate: SUSE including 10 source package names (alloy, apptainer, …), 39 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, … (28 product lines)): Known Not Affected 39. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32285/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-32285 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (golang-github-buger-jsonparser), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, upstream): needs-triage 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-32285

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-32285

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jsonparser_project jsonparser < 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:jsonparser_project:jsonparser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-32285

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