GHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w — jettison
HIGHGHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in org.codehaus.jettison:jettison. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for org.codehaus.jettison:jettison — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Jettison Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.codehaus.jettison:jettisonReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Jettison before v1.5.2 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the map parameter. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted string.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.codehaus.jettison:jettison | all versions | 1.5.2org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.5.2 |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.codehaus.jettison:jettison, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.codehaus.jettison:jettison to 1.5.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Red Hat has determined the impact of this flaw to be Moderate; a successful attack using this flaw would require the processing of untrusted, unsanitized, or unrestricted user inputs, which runs counter to established Red Hat security practices.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| MTA-6.2-RHEL-8 | mta/mta-rhel8-operator:6.2.2-3 | RHSA-2024:1027 |
| OCP-Tools-4.12-RHEL-8 | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.12.1686649756-1.el8 | RHSA-2023:3610 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 | eap7-apache-cxf-0:3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7 | RHSA-2025:1746 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 | eap7-jackson-modules-java8-0:2.10.4-2.redhat_00004.1.el7eap | RHSA-2025:1747 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 | org.codehaus.jettison/jettison:1.5.2.redhat-00002 | RHSA-2023:0556 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8 | eap7-jettison-0:1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap | RHSA-2023:0553 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9 | eap7-jettison-0:1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap | RHSA-2023:0554 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7 | eap7-jettison-0:1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap | RHSA-2023:0552 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-grr4-wv38-f68w across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.