CVE-2026-67217: cJSON JSON Patch Non-Atomic Application Destroys Data Before Validation
DaveGamble · cJSON
Vendor fix available · Affected: DaveGamble cJSON · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 38% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
cJSON through 1.7.19 applies RFC 6902 JSON Patch operations non-atomically in apply_patch() in cJSON_Utils.c. For a replace operation that is missing its value member, or a move operation whose destination path cannot be resolved, the existing target member is detached and deleted before the operation is fully validated, so the target document is mutated while cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches() or cJSONUtils_ApplyPatchesCaseSensitive() returns a failure status. An attacker who can supply the patch document can destroy addressable members of the target document even though the API reports that the patch failed, defeating the all-or-nothing behavior callers rely on to reject bad patches.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- DaveGamble · cJSONup to and including 1.7.19
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- DaveGamble
- Published
- July 2026
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