CVE-2026-62295

HAPI FHIR: JSON utility parser unbounded recursion causes StackOverflow denial of service

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Aug 7, 2026
Updated
Aug 13, 2026
Reserved
Jul 13, 2026

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Description

HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to 6.9.11, the JSON utility parser in org.hl7.fhir.utilities.json.parser.JsonParser enforces no maximum nesting depth for arrays or objects. As a result, a small but deeply nested, syntactically valid FHIR JSON document can trigger unbounded readArray() or readObject() recursion, raising a StackOverflowError before structural validation runs. An attacker who can submit JSON resources for validation can thus crash the request thread, and services that do not isolate StackOverflowError safely may experience worker loss or process instability — a denial-of-service condition. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.11.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

Affected Products

ProductVersions
org.hl7.fhir.corehapifhir
  • < 6.9.11Affected
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.r5hapifhir
  • < 6.9.11Affected
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.utilitieshapifhir
  • < 6.9.11Affected
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.validationhapifhir
  • < 6.9.11Affected
ca.uhn.hapi.fhir:org.hl7.fhir.validation.clihapifhir
  • < 6.9.11Affected

References

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