CVE-2026-54500
Description
A flaw was found in Oj (Optimized JSON), a Ruby gem. When parsing a specially crafted JSON object with a key 254 bytes or longer using Oj.load in :object mode, an attacker can trigger a read of uninitialized stack memory. This vulnerability, an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125), can lead to information disclosure of process stack memory. The leaked information is uncontrolled and can only be accessed if the application exposes the resulting Symbol or an EncodingError.
Statement
Red Hat's only product shipping the Oj Ruby gem (Compliance Backend) already includes version 3.17.3, which contains the fix for this vulnerability. No Red Hat products are affected.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Memory
An attacker could get secret values such as cryptographic keys, PII, memory addresses, or other information that could be used in additional attacks.
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
Out-of-bounds memory could contain memory addresses or other information that can be used to bypass ASLR and other protection mechanisms in order to improve the reliability of exploiting a separate weakness for code execution.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
An attacker could cause a segmentation fault or crash by causing memory to be read outside of the bounds of the buffer. This is especially likely when the code reads a variable amount of data and assumes that a sentinel exists to stop the read operation, such as a NUL in a string.
Other
Technical Impact: Varies by Context
The read operation could produce other undefined or unexpected results.
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