CVE-2026-52746
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
JSONata is a JSON query and transformation language. Prior to 2.2.0 and 1.8.9, malicious non-matching inputs to the $toMillis function can cause superlinear backtracking in the ISO-8601 validation regex, leading to denial of service in applications that evaluate user-provided JSONata expressions. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.0 and 1.8.9.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-86vw-mfpg-wwv9jsonata: Malicious inputs to "$toMillis" function can cause resource exhaustion2026-07-02ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Before JSONata `2.2.0` and `1.8.9`, it is possible to craft non-matching inputs to the [$toMillis](https://docs.jsonata.org/date-time-functions#tomillis) function that cause superlinear backtracking in the ISO-8601 validation regex. This may lead to denial of service in applications that evaluate user-provided JSONata expressions. ### Patches This issue has been addressed in JSONata version 2.2.0 or later, and 1.8.9 or later on v1, via fixes that include https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/782 and https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/793. Applications that evaluate user-provided expressions should update ASAP to prevent exploitation. ### References https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v2.2.0 https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v1.8.9 ### Credit Thank you to Doruk Tan Öztürk for disclosing this issue.
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references (20)
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- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/80ba95d170f74e3f20f4f36b8b77d8c85cea7686cnnvd
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/d6ffc17cb16a8e53c222205bd274624e919cce0bcnnvd
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/782cnnvd
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/pull/793cnnvd
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/releases/tag/v2.2.0cnnvd
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/security/advisories/GHSA-86vw-mfpg-wwv9cnnvd
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/80ba95d170f74e3f20f4f36b8b77d8c85cea7686enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/jsonata-js/jsonata/commit/d6ffc17cb16a8e53c222205bd274624e919cce0benisa_euvd
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