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Description

Oj (Optimized JSON) is a JSON parser and Object marshaller packaged as a Ruby gem. In versions prior to 3.17.2,Oj::Parser#parse is vulnerable to a heap use-after-free when a SAJ/SAJ2 callback mutates the input JSON string during parsing. The C engine holds a raw const byte * pointer into the Ruby string's internal buffer. If a callback (e.g. hash_start) resizes the string — for example by calling String#replace with a longer value — Ruby reallocates the string buffer and frees the old one. The C parser's pointer is left dangling; the next character read at parser.c:607 is a use-after-free. This issue has been fixed in version 3.17.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ohler55 oj < 3.17.2 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems oj < 3.17.3 3.17.3 GHSA-q2gm-54r6-8fwm

References