Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting oj package, versions <3.17.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-OJ-17393938
  • published22 Jun 2026
  • disclosed19 Jun 2026
  • creditZheng Yu, yuhang-lab

Introduced: 19 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-54502  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade oj to version 3.17.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow via the fill_indent function when a very large value is provided to the indent option. An attacker can cause a crash by supplying an excessively large integer value, resulting in a stack buffer overflow during serialization.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1