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CVE-2026-67217 (GCVE-0-2026-67217)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-29 13:32 – Updated: 2026-07-29 16:00
VLAI
Title
cJSON JSON Patch Non-Atomic Application Destroys Data Before Validation
Summary
cJSON through 1.7.19 applies RFC 6902 JSON Patch operations non-atomically in apply_patch() in cJSON_Utils.c. For a replace operation that is missing its value member, or a move operation whose destination path cannot be resolved, the existing target member is detached and deleted before the operation is fully validated, so the target document is mutated while cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches() or cJSONUtils_ApplyPatchesCaseSensitive() returns a failure status. An attacker who can supply the patch document can destroy addressable members of the target document even though the API reports that the patch failed, defeating the all-or-nothing behavior callers rely on to reject bad patches.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-29 14:45 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-696 - Incorrect Behavior Order
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
DaveGamble cJSON Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.7.19 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:davegamble:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-07-25 00:00
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