{"id":"CVE-2020-27196","details":"An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.","aliases":["GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x"],"modified":"2026-07-08T19:03:01.691398Z","published":"2020-11-06T14:15:16.377Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/playframework/playframework","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"350df36004a3e4e34ebc8b9543044696d3905761"},{"introduced":"ad7ed0c2c0e107a183d47885592044926b38a833"},{"last_affected":"4e5e246868dd26b4379a99d94f3b444bed2e100d"},{"introduced":"3c008185a851c26c8cf82ee46ddb0882086fce7b"},{"last_affected":"bc1badd22f36bcfe09517be37a9ef66559b53b31"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.6.25"},{"introduced":"2.7.0"},{"last_affected":"2.7.5"},{"introduced":"2.8.0"},{"last_affected":"2.8.2"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE"}}],"versions":["2.8.2","2.7.5","2.8.1","2.8.0","2.6.25","2.7.4","2.6.24","2.7.3","2.6.23","2.6.22","2.7.2","2.7.1","2.7.0","2.6.21","2.6.20","2.6.19","2.6.18","2.6.17","2.6.16","2.6.15","2.6.14","2.6.13","2.6.12","2.6.11","2.6.10","2.6.9","2.6.8","2.6.7","2.6.6","2.6.5","2.6.4","2.6.3","2.6.2","2.6.1","2.6.0","2.6.0-RC2","2.6.0-RC1","2.6.0-M5","2.6.0-M4","2.6.0-M3","2.6.0-M2","2.6.0-M1","2.5.0","2.5.0-RC2","2.5.0-RC1","2.5.0-M2","2.5.0-M1","2.4.0-RC3","2.4.0-RC2","2.4.0-RC1","2.4.0-M3","2.4.0-M1","2.4.0-M2","2.3.0-RC1","2.3-M1","2.2.0-RC1","2.2.0-M3","2.2.0-M2","2.2.0-M1","2.1-RC3","2.1-RC2","2.1-RC1","2.0","2.0-RC5","2.0-RC4","2.0-RC3","2.0-RC2","2.0-RC1","2.0-beta"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27196.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}