CVE-2026-54898
Oj: Use-After-Free in Oj::Parser SAJ Callback via Input Mutation
Vexday Risk Score
8Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
30 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
Oj (Optimized JSON) is a JSON parser and Object marshaller packaged as a Ruby gem. In versions prior to 3.17.2,Oj::Parser#parse is vulnerable to a heap use-after-free when a SAJ/SAJ2 callback mutates the input JSON string during parsing. The C engine holds a raw const byte * pointer into the Ruby string's internal buffer. If a callback (e.g. hash_start) resizes the string — for example by calling String#replace with a longer value — Ruby reallocates the string buffer and frees the old one. The C parser's pointer is left dangling; the next character read at parser.c:607 is a use-after-free. This issue has been fixed in version 3.17.2.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
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