github.com/tidwall/gjson is vulnerable to Denial of service

HIGH 7.5CVE-2020-36066 · GHSA-wjm3-fq3r-5x46 · GO-2022-0957 · Published 05/01/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-36066 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting github.com/tidwall/gjson, gjson (gjson project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 79.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.6.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/tidwall/gjson Go	`< 1.6.5`	`1.6.5`
gjson gjson_project	`< 1.6.5`	`1.6.5`

GJSON <1.6.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (remote) via crafted JSON.

NVD description

GJSON <1.6.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (remote) via crafted JSON.

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