msgpack-java through 0.9.12 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in MessageUnpacker.unpackValue() that recursively deserializes arrays and maps without nesting depth limits. Attackers can craft payloads with deeply nested arrays to exhaust the deserializing thread's stack and trigger StackOverflowError, causing per-request deserialization failures.
CVE-2026-90472
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-12. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(high)
- EG Risk
- 55(Attend)EG Risk 55/100SSVC: Attend
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How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 27%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 12, 2026
Last Modified
September 14, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Sep 12, 2026msgpack-java through 0.9.12 Stack Overflow via Nested Arrays | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/msgpack-java-through-0.9.12-stack-overflow-via-nested-arrays[security disclosure] Unbounded Recursion in `unpackValue()` — Recoverable StackOverflow DoS · Issue #1015 · msgpack/msgpack-java · GitHub
https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-java/issues/1015msgpack-java/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/core/MessageUnpacker.java at v0.9.12 · msgpack/msgpack-java · GitHub
https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-java/blob/v0.9.12/msgpack-core/src/main/java/org/msgpack/core/MessageUnpacker.java#L646-L664GitHub - msgpack/msgpack-java: MessagePack serializer implementation for Java / msgpack.org[Java] · GitHub
https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-javaVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90472(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)
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- 2026-09-19 19:56 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-13 16:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-13 11:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 11:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-12 11:14 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-12 11:13 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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