CVE-2026-90472
Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/09/2026
Last modified:
23/09/2026
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
6.90
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM
Base Score 3.x
5.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-java
- https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-java/blob/v0.9.12/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/core/MessageUnpacker.java#L646-L664
- https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-java/issues/1015
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/msgpack-java-through-0.9.12-stack-overflow-via-nested-arrays
- https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-java/issues/1015


