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Vulnerability · Published Jan 5, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-36066

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the golang-github-tidwall-gjson package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 20.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

GJSON <1.6.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (remote) via crafted JSON.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12golang-github-tidwall-gjson1.6.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36066
Debian:13golang-github-tidwall-gjson1.6.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36066
Debian:14golang-github-tidwall-gjson1.6.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36066
Gogithub.com/tidwall/gjson1.6.5GHSA-wjm3-fq3r-5x46
Gogithub.com/tidwall/gjson1.6.5GO-2022-0957
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgolang-github-tidwall-gjsonno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36066
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSgolang-github-tidwall-gjsonno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36066
Ubuntu:25.10golang-github-tidwall-gjsonno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36066
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSgolang-github-tidwall-gjsonno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36066
Ubuntu:26.10golang-github-tidwall-gjsonno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2020-36066

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References