Description
Oj (Optimized JSON) is a JSON parser and Object marshaller packaged as a Ruby gem. In versions prior to 3.17.3, Oj.load in :object mode reads uninitialized stack memory (and, for long keys, reads out of bounds) when parsing a JSON object whose key is 254 bytes or longer. The interned bytes can surface to the caller, disclosing process stack memory. In ext/oj/intern.c, form_attr() handles the long-key path by allocating a heap buffer, `b`, populating it with the attribute name, and then freeing it — but it passed the uninitialized stack buffer buf (not b) to rb_intern3(). rb_intern3 therefore reads len + 1 bytes of uninitialized stack memory. When the key length is >= 256, it also reads out of bounds past the 256-byte buf. The resulting bytes are interned and can reach the caller via the produced Symbol or via the EncodingError message raised on invalid UTF-8, leaking process stack contents. This issue has been fixed in version 3.17.3.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ohler55 | oj | < 3.17.3 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | ruby-oj | 3.17.3-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | ruby-oj | 3.16.3-1+deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | ruby-oj | 3.14.2-1+deb12u1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | ruby-oj | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | ruby3.2-fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset-1.19-kinesis | 1.19.2.1.1-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | ruby3.2-kube-logging-operator-fluentd-outputs +1 | 6.7.0-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | ruby3.3-fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset-1.19-kinesis +2 | 1.19.3.1.0-r0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | oj | < 3.17.3 | 3.17.3 | GHSA-fm7p-mprw-wjm9 |