CVE-2026-81875

HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to version 6.9.12, SHCParser in org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/elementmodel/SHCParser.java can consume attacker-controlled Smart Health Card JWT content whose header contains zip: "DEF" and whose small raw-DEFLATE payload expands to a very large value. SHCParser.decodeJWT() passes the decoded payload to SHCParser.inflate(), which accumulates all decompressed bytes in a ByteArrayOutputStream without an output-size limit before JSON parsing, and SHCParser.decompress() contains the same unbounded pattern. An application or validator service that accepts attacker-supplied SHC content can therefore suffer excessive heap allocation, severe garbage-collection pressure, request failure, process instability, or process termination. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.12.
Configurations

No configuration.

History

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References () https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/security/advisories/GHSA-3w98-rrpr-fprr - () https://github.com/hapifhir/org.hl7.fhir.core/security/advisories/GHSA-3w98-rrpr-fprr -

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-16 19:17

Updated : 2026-09-17 17:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-81875

Mitre link : CVE-2026-81875

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-81875


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Products Affected

No product.

CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-409

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)