CVE-2020-26883

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.40% (72nd) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

In Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2, stack consumption can occur because of unbounded recursion during parsing of crafted JSON documents.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-674USprimaryCWE-674US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
lightbend play framework≤ 2.6.25nvdUScpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightbend play framework2.7.0 → 2.7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lightbend play framework2.8.0 → 2.8.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven com.typesafe.play:play2.6.0 → 2.7.6osvUSpkg:maven/com.typesafe.play/play
Maven com.typesafe.play:play2.8.0 → 2.8.3osvUSpkg:maven/com.typesafe.play/play
Maven com.typesafe.play:play-java2.6.0 → 2.7.6osvUSpkg:maven/com.typesafe.play/play-java
Maven com.typesafe.play:play-java2.8.0 → 2.8.3osvUSpkg:maven/com.typesafe.play/play-java

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-p8p6-rcp6-4mrmUncontrolled Recursion in Play Framework2022-02-10ghsa · osvUS
In Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2, stack consumption can occur because of unbounded recursion during parsing of crafted JSON documents.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-11-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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