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CVE-2026-18140

CVE-2026-18140 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Reported by AMZN · Published July 30, 2026

Uncontrolled recursion in the unknown-key skip path of the aws-smithy-json runtime crate before 0.62.7, which the smithy-rs code generator invokes from every generated struct deserializer, might allow remote unauthenticated users to cause a denial of service (process abort via stack exhaustion) via a single small HTTP request containing deeply nested JSON to a smithy-rs generated server. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to aws-smithy-json 0.62.7 or later and rebuild.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
AWSaws-smithy-json0.32.0
awsaws-smithy-json0.32.0
AWSaws-smithy-json0.32.0

Timeline

  • Jul 30, 2026 CVE Published
  • Jul 31, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Aug 3, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Aug 7, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 10, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 26, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 30, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 3, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 6, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score

References

  • patch
  • vendor-advisory
  • third-party-advisory
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