🛡️ CVE-2022-45688 on Maven (Root.io) — json

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

CVE-2022-45688 in io.root.org.json:json - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2022-45688 in the io.root.org.json:json package for Root:Maven. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-45688 as tracked by Maven (Root.io), for the package json. The fix is available in version 20230227-root.io.3; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2022-45688 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2022-45688 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • io.root.org.json:json (fixed in 20230227-root.io.3)
  • org.json:json (fixed in 20220320-aikido.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-25
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-25
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
io.root.org.json:json — 20230227-root.io.3
org.json:json — 20220320-aikido.1

References

N/A

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