Quadratic complexity in JSON Schema uniqueItems validation
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## CVE record information
**Project name:** Eclipse Vert.x
**Project id:** rt.vertx
**Versions affected:**
\[4.0.0, 4.5.34\] or \[5.0.0,5.0.12\] or \[5.1.0,5.1.9\] or \[5.2.0, 5.2.0\]
**Common Vulnerability Scoring System:**
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
**Summary:**
In Eclipse Vert.x versions \[4.0.0, 4.5.34\] or \[5.0.0,5.0.12\] or \[5.1.0,5.1.9\] or \[5.2.0, 5.2.0\], the uniqueItems keyword validation uses an O(n²) pairwise comparison loop with no short-circuit or size limit. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a moderately-sized JSON array that consumes disproportionate CPU time, leading to denial of service.
The impacted component is io.vertx:vertx-json-schema.
The following Vert.x modules depend on vertx-json-schema and are also affected:
io.vertx:vertx-web-openapi-router io.vertx:vertx-web-validation io.vertx:vertx-openapi
**Links:**
https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vertx-json-schema/security/advisories/GHSA-4m87-8qfr-8p8m
**Credits:**
Mike Read.
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