CVE-2026-18140

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 63% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. 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, secondary
Trending — Patch released this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Uncontrolled recursion in the unknown-key skip path of the aws-smithy-json runtime crate before 0.62.7, which the smithy-rs code generator invokes from every generated struct deserializer, might allow remote unauthenticated users to cause a denial of service (process abort via stack exhaustion) via a single small HTTP request containing deeply nested JSON to a smithy-rs generated server.

To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to aws-smithy-json 0.62.7 or later and rebuild.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track

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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
37%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 30, 2026

Last Modified

August 10, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 30, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available

Uncontrolled recursion in the aws-smithy-json unknown-key skip path allows unauthenticated remote denial of service in smithy-rs generated servers · Advisory · smithy-lang/smithy-rs · GitHub

https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-8ffr-xgwf-xj56
generic

crates.io: Rust Package Registry

https://crates.io/crates/aws-smithy-json/0.62.7

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatgoose-0:1.38.0-1.el10_22026-09-15redhat
redhatgoose-0:1.38.0-1.el9_82026-09-15redhat
redhatopenshift-logging/vector-rhel9:17884397472026-09-10redhat

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

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-2026-18140?
CVE-2026-18140 is a high vulnerability published on July 30, 2026. Uncontrolled recursion in the unknown-key skip path of the aws-smithy-json runtime crate before 0.62.7, which the smithy-rs code generator invokes from every generated struct deserializer, might allow remote unauthenticated users to cause a denial of service (process abort via stack exhaustion) via…
When was CVE-2026-18140 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18140 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 30, 2026, with the most recent update on August 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18140 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18140 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 63.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18140?
CVE-2026-18140 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18140?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18140, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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