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CVE-2026-48038
joi is a schema description language and data validator for JavaScript. Prior to 17.13.4 and 18.2.1, denial of service is possible via an untrapped exception in services validating user-supplied JSON or object input with recursive link() schemas. When validate() is called without try/catch in a request handler, deeply nested input can trigger an unhandled RangeError and potentially crash the process; lower-impact paths using validateAsync() or try/catch produce a RangeError instead of a structur
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"joi","vendor":"hapijs","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 17.13.4"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 18.0.0, < 18.2.1"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9ccb8f203017f14fd5c76fe005748ead07ec8a2ad09ee746fa740ec6da0f71c2 · sha256:4e982f60e9492b78… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-248","description":"CWE-248: Uncaught Exception","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9ccb8f203017f14fd5c76fe005748ead07ec8a2ad09ee746fa740ec6da0f71c2 · sha256:4e982f60e9492b78… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/hapijs/joi/commit/97bd51de94d595a2d8949eb3bec0dbdd2f8a7a74","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/hapijs/joi/commit/97bd51de94d595a2d8949eb3bec0dbdd2f8a7a74"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9ccb8f203017f14fd5c76fe005748ead07ec8a2ad09ee746fa740ec6da0f71c2 · sha256:4e982f60e9492b78… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/hapijs/joi/commit/fc146a628ab9cc250854407722d9f8738c9548e7","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/hapijs/joi/commit/fc146a628ab9cc250854407722d9f8738c9548e7"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9ccb8f203017f14fd5c76fe005748ead07ec8a2ad09ee746fa740ec6da0f71c2 · sha256:4e982f60e9492b78… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"https://github.com/hapijs/joi/pull/3113","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/hapijs/joi/pull/3113"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9ccb8f203017f14fd5c76fe005748ead07ec8a2ad09ee746fa740ec6da0f71c2 · sha256:4e982f60e9492b78… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/hapijs/joi/security/advisories/GHSA-q7cg-457f-vx79","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/hapijs/joi/security/advisories/GHSA-q7cg-457f-vx79"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9ccb8f203017f14fd5c76fe005748ead07ec8a2ad09ee746fa740ec6da0f71c2 · sha256:4e982f60e9492b78… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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