CVE-2026-32875

ujson: UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+

CVE-2026-32875 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by python3-ujson 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, released March 19, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0049
42nd percentile

UltraJSON is a fast JSON encoder and decoder written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.7+. Versions 5.10 through 5.11.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow or infinite loop through large indent handling. ujson.dumps() crashes the Python interpreter (segmentation fault) when the product of the indent parameter and the nested depth of the input exceeds INT32_MAX. It can also get stuck in an infinite loop if the indent is a large negative number. Both are caused by an integer overflow/underflow whilst calculating how much memory to reserve for indentation. And both can be used to achieve denial of service. To be vulnerable, a service must call ujson.dump()/ujson.dumps()/ujson.encode() whilst giving untrusted users control over the indent parameter and not restrict that indentation to reasonably small non-negative values. A service may also be vulnerable to the infinite loop if it uses a fixed negative indent. An underflow always occurs for any negative indent when the input data is at least one level nested but, for small negative indents, the underflow is usually accidentally rectified by another overflow. This issue has been fixed in version 5.12.0.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
python3-ujson · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 python3-ujson 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Mar 19, 2026
python3-ujson · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 5.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 python3-ujson 5.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Mar 19, 2026
python3-ujson · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 5.10.0-1ubuntu0.1 python3-ujson 5.10.0-1ubuntu0.1 Mar 19, 2026
python3-ujson · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 5.11.0-3ubuntu0.1 python3-ujson 5.11.0-3ubuntu0.1 Mar 19, 2026
ujson · Debian 14 5.13.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32875 Mar 20, 2026

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