CVE-2026-52746
JSONata is a JSON query and transformation language. Prior to 2.2.0 and 1.8.9, malicious non-matching inputs to the $toMillis function can cause superlinear backtracking in the ISO-8601 validation regex, leading to denial of service in applications that evaluate user-provided JSONata expressions. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.0 and 1.8.9.
Weakness
JSONata is a JSON query and transformation language. Prior to 2.2.0 and 1.8.9, malicious non-matching inputs to the $toMillis function can cause superlinear backtracking in the ISO-8601 validation regex, leading to denial of service in applications that evaluate user-provided JSONata expressions. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.0 and 1.8.9.
Affected products
- jsonata jsonata
References
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/80ba95d170f74e3f20f4f36b8b77d8c85cea7686
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/d6ffc17cb16a8e53c222205bd274624e919cce0b
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/782
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/793
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v1.8.9
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v2.2.0
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