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CVE-2026-67217

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.

Score
6.9 medium
Published
2026-07-29
Links
NVD · cve.org

Matched ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
devel/libcjsonlibcjson1.7.19_1unaddressedsunpoet@FreeBSD.org

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Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>libcjson</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2026-67217</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67217</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2026-07-29</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-26</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>