Bug 2532554 (CVE-2026-90472)

Summary: CVE-2026-90472 org.msgpack/msgpack-core: msgpack-java: Denial of Service via nested array deserialization
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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A flaw was found in msgpack-java. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by crafting a malicious payload with deeply nested arrays. The MessageUnpacker.unpackValue() function, responsible for deserializing arrays and maps, lacks proper depth limits, leading to a stack overflow when processing such payloads. This can exhaust the deserializing thread's stack, causing per-request deserialization failures.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-12 11:21:21 UTC
msgpack-java through 0.9.12 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in MessageUnpacker.unpackValue() that recursively deserializes arrays and maps without nesting depth limits. Attackers can craft payloads with deeply nested arrays to exhaust the deserializing thread's stack and trigger StackOverflowError, causing per-request deserialization failures.