CVE-2021-27568

MEDIUMNVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.9% (86th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 2.9%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

An issue was discovered in netplex json-smart-v1 through 2015-10-23 and json-smart-v2 through 2.4. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught, as demonstrated by NumberFormatException. When it is not caught, it may cause programs using the library to crash or expose sensitive information.

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
43
EG Risk 43/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation3% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
2.9%
EPSS %ILE
86th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

February 23, 2021

Last Modified

October 8, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available.
generic

Uncaught Exception in Parser · Issue #60 · netplex/json-smart-v2 · GitHub

https://github.com/netplex/json-smart-v2/issues/60
generic

Uncaught Exception in Parser · Issue #7 · netplex/json-smart-v1 · GitHub

https://github.com/netplex/json-smart-v1/issues/7
generic

Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf70210b4d63191c0bfb2a0d5745e104484e71703bf5ad9cb01c980c6%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
generic

Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re237267da268c690df5e1c6ea6a38a7fc11617725e8049490f58a6fa%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
generic

Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb6287f5aa628c8d9af52b5401ec6cc51b6fc28ab20d318943453e396%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-27568(5)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatjson-smart2021-12-14redhat
redhatpatch2021-12-02redhat
redhatpatch2021-11-23redhat
redhatpatch2021-08-11redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
net.minidev:json-smart2.0 ... 2.3 (6 versions)
  • every version up to 1.3.2: fixed in 1.3.2
  • 2.4.0 up to 2.4.1: fixed in 2.4.1
  • 2.0.0 up to 2.3.1: fixed in 2.3.1
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net.minidev:json-smart-mini1.0.6.3, 1.0.8
  • every version up to 1.3.2: fixed in 1.3.2
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-27568?
CVE-2021-27568 is a medium vulnerability published on February 23, 2021. An issue was discovered in netplex json-smart-v1 through 2015-10-23 and json-smart-v2 through 2.4. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught, as demonstrated by NumberFormatException. When it is not caught, it may cause programs using the library to crash or expose sensitive…
When was CVE-2021-27568 disclosed?
CVE-2021-27568 was first published on February 23, 2021, with the most recent update on October 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-27568 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-27568 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (86th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-27568?
CVE-2021-27568 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-27568?
A fix for CVE-2021-27568 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-27568 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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