CVE-2026-32874CWE-401

UltraJSON has a Memory Leak parsing large integers allows DoS

High · published March 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Versions 5.4.0 through 5.11.0 contain an accumulating memory leak in JSON parsing large (outside of the range [-2^63, 2^64 - 1]) integers. The leaked memory is a copy of the string form of the integer plus an additional NULL byte. The leak occurs irrespective of whether the integer parses successfully or is rejected due to having more than sys.get_int_max_str_digits() digits, meaning that any sized leak per malicious JSON can be achieved provided that there is no limit on the overall size of the payload. Any service that calls ujson.load()/ujson.loads()/ujson.decode() on untrusted inputs is affected and vulnerable to denial of service attacks. This issue has been fixed in version 5.12.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00711 · 53.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2026-03-20T01:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAR 01:31Z
    UltraJSON has a Memory Leak parsing large integers allows DoS
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