CVE-2026-32285: Denial of service in github.com/buger/jsonparser
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-32285 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in github.com/buger/jsonparser. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 5Timeline
- 26-03-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 09-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.78%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
56%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.19 pp
From 0.97% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (securityinfinity.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-129Improper Validation of Array IndexThe product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array.
- CWE-1285Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in InputThe product receives input that is expected to specify an index, position, or offset into an indexable resource such as a buffer or file, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the specified index/position/offset has the required properties.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard145 products
- cg< 0.2.225-r0
- chainloop-cli< 1.83.0-r1
- chainloop-cli-fips< 1.83.0-r1
- chainloop-control-plane< 1.83.0-r1
- chainloop-control-plane-fips< 1.83.0-r1
Wolfi55 products
- cri-tools< 1.35.0-r7
- crictl< 1.35.0-r7
- dagger< 0.20.2-r0
- datadog-agent-7.72All versions (No fix recorded)
- datadog-agent-7.73All versions (No fix recorded)
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References
34 links- securityinfinity.com/research/buger-jsonparser-negative-slice-panic-dos-2026ExploitEVIDENCEWEBThird Party Advisory
Show all 34 references
- images.redhat.comARTICLE
- pkg.go.devWEB
- github.com/buger/jsonparserPACKAGE