Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Affecting system.text.json package, versions [6.0.0,6.0.10) [8.0.0,8.0.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-SYSTEMTEXTJSON-8168848
  • published 9 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 8 Oct 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade System.Text.Json to version 6.0.10, 8.0.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity involved in processing [ExtensionData] property data. An attacker can trigger denial of service by passing malicious JSON input to a model that uses this property.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None