CVE-2018-11793When parsing a JSON payload with deeply nested JSON structures, the parser in Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
When parsing a JSON payload with deeply nested JSON structures, the parser in Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.1, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, and 1.7.0 might overflow the stack due to unbounded recursion. A malicious actor can therefore cause a denial of service of Mesos masters rendering the Mesos-controlled cluster inoperable.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Mesos
- affected Apache Mesos pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.1, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, 1.7.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.mesos:mesosGHSA-p2xq-vcm7-xjj6 (opens in a new tab)
References
References2
- 107281 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9be975c53e5ad612c7e0af39f5b88837fbfbc32108e587d3d8499844%40%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0387 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p2xq-vcm7-xjj6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-11793)Record last updated .