Reject array insert(pos, first, last) iterators not pointing into an array

The array-range insert() overload checked that pos fits the current
value and that first/last share the same owning value, but never
verified that value is itself an array. Passing iterators from an
object, a primitive, or null handed value-initialized (singular)
std::vector iterators straight to array_t::insert(), which is
undefined behavior. Add the missing is_array() check, mirroring the
equivalent check already present in the object-range insert()
overload.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/insert.md

@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ Strong exception safety: if an exception occurs, the original value stays intact
       do not belong to the same JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit"`
     - Throws [`invalid_iterator.211`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptioninvalid_iterator211) if `first` or `last`
       are iterators into container for which insert is called; example: `"passed iterators may not belong to container"`
+    - Throws [`invalid_iterator.202`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptioninvalid_iterator202) if `first` or `last`
+      do not point to an array; example: `"iterators first and last must point to arrays"`
 4. The function can throw the following exceptions:
     - Throws [`type_error.309`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error309) if called on JSON values other than
       arrays; example: `"cannot use insert() with string"`

include/nlohmann/detail/input/json_sax.hpp

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <algorithm> // find_if
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <string> // string
 #include <type_traits> // enable_if_t
-#include <utility> // move
+#include <utility> // move, pair
 #include <vector> // vector
 
 #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+            return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+            return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
             // check object limit
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
             {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+                return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
             }
         }
         return true;
@@ -585,7 +586,17 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
         // add discarded value at the given key and store the reference for later
         if (keep && ref_stack.back())
         {
-            object_element = &(ref_stack.back()->m_data.m_value.object->operator[](val) = discarded);
+            auto& obj = *ref_stack.back()->m_data.m_value.object;
+            const auto it = obj.find(val);
+            if (it != obj.end())
+            {
+                // this is a duplicate key (legal in JSON); remember its
+                // current value so it can be restored later if the new
+                // value is rejected by the callback, instead of being
+                // erased together with the discarded placeholder
+                duplicate_key_stash.emplace_back(&(it->second), it->second);
+            }
+            object_element = &(obj[val] = discarded);
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -597,7 +608,11 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
         {
             if (!callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()) - 1, parse_event_t::object_end, *ref_stack.back()))
             {
-                // discard object
+                // discard object, unless this slot holds a duplicate key's
+                // previous value pending restoration, in which case that
+                // value is restored instead of being discarded
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), true))
+                {
                     *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
 
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
@@ -605,6 +620,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
                     handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
 #endif
                 }
+            }
             else
             {
 
@@ -617,6 +633,10 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
 
                 ref_stack.back()->set_parents();
+                // this object is finally, definitively kept; drop any
+                // pending duplicate-key stash entry for its slot since it
+                // can no longer be restored
+                resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), false);
             }
         }
 
@@ -659,7 +679,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
             // check array limit
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
             {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+                return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
             }
         }
 
@@ -686,10 +706,18 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
 
                 ref_stack.back()->set_parents();
+                // this array is finally, definitively kept; drop any
+                // pending duplicate-key stash entry for its slot since it
+                // can no longer be restored
+                resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), false);
             }
             else
             {
-                // discard array
+                // discard array, unless this slot holds a duplicate key's
+                // previous value pending restoration, in which case that
+                // value is restored instead of being discarded
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), true))
+                {
                     *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
 
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
@@ -698,6 +726,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
                 }
             }
+        }
 
         JSON_ASSERT(!ref_stack.empty());
         JSON_ASSERT(!keep_stack.empty());
@@ -809,14 +838,48 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
     }
 #endif
 
-    /// remove the discarded value the callback rejected from its parent
-    static void remove_discarded_value(BasicJsonType& parent)
+    /// if there is a pending duplicate-key stash entry for this exact slot,
+    /// remove it from the stash; if restore_value is true, the stashed
+    /// previous value is moved back into the slot first (use this when the
+    /// new value at that slot was rejected); otherwise the stash entry is
+    /// simply dropped (use this when the new value was accepted, so it
+    /// correctly supersedes the old one and no restore should ever happen
+    /// for this slot again)
+    /// @return whether a matching stash entry was found (and processed)
+    bool resolve_duplicate_key_stash(BasicJsonType* slot, bool restore_value)
+    {
+        const auto it = std::find_if(duplicate_key_stash.begin(), duplicate_key_stash.end(),
+                                     [slot](const std::pair<BasicJsonType*, BasicJsonType>& entry)
+        {
+            return entry.first == slot;
+        });
+
+        if (it == duplicate_key_stash.end())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (restore_value)
+        {
+            *slot = std::move(it->second);
+        }
+        duplicate_key_stash.erase(it);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// remove the discarded value the callback rejected from its parent,
+    /// unless it is a duplicate key's slot with a stashed previous value,
+    /// in which case that previous value is restored instead
+    void remove_discarded_value(BasicJsonType& parent)
     {
         for (auto it = parent.begin(); it != parent.end(); ++it)
         {
             if (it->is_discarded())
+            {
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(&(*it), true))
                 {
                     parent.erase(it);
+                }
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -914,6 +977,16 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 
         JSON_ASSERT(object_element);
         *object_element = std::move(value);
+        if (!skip_callback)
+        {
+            // this scalar value finally, definitively replaces whatever was
+            // at this slot; drop any pending duplicate-key stash entry for
+            // it since it can no longer be restored (a container value at
+            // this slot is resolved later, in end_object()/end_array(),
+            // since skip_callback is true for the placeholder handling that
+            // happens here for those)
+            resolve_duplicate_key_stash(object_element, false);
+        }
         return {true, object_element};
     }
 
@@ -927,6 +1000,12 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
     std::vector<bool> key_keep_stack {}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
     /// helper to hold the reference for the next object element
     BasicJsonType* object_element = nullptr;
+    /// stash of (slot pointer, previous value) for object members that
+    /// already existed when key() was called again for the same key
+    /// (duplicate keys); used to restore the previous value if the new
+    /// value is later rejected by the callback, instead of erasing the
+    /// member entirely
+    std::vector<std::pair<BasicJsonType*, BasicJsonType>> duplicate_key_stash {};
     /// whether a syntax error occurred
     bool errored = false;
     /// callback function

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -3425,6 +3425,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(211, "passed iterators may not belong to container", this));
         }
 
+        // passed iterators must belong to arrays
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!first.m_object->is_array()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterators first and last must point to arrays", this));
+        }
+
         // insert to array and return iterator
         return insert_iterator(pos, first.m_it.array_iterator, last.m_it.array_iterator);
     }
@@ -5159,34 +5165,130 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
             case value_t::object:
             {
-                // first pass: traverse this object's elements
+                // first pass: find keys that were deleted (i.e., in source but
+                // not in target), and record the keys common to both, in
+                // source's iteration order -- this is a by-product of the
+                // target.find() call already needed to detect removed keys,
+                // so it adds no extra lookups.
+                std::vector<typename object_t::key_type> common_keys_source_order;
                 for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
                 {
-                    // escape the key name to be used in a JSON patch
+                    if (target.find(it.key()) == target.end())
+                    {
+                        // found a key that is not in target -> remove it
                         const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
-
-                    if (target.find(it.key()) != target.end())
-                    {
-                        // recursive call to compare object values at key it
-                        auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path_key);
-                        result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // found a key that is not in o -> remove it
                         result.push_back(object(
                         {
                             {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path_key}
                         }));
                     }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        common_keys_source_order.push_back(it.key());
+                    }
                 }
 
-                // second pass: traverse other object's elements
+                // second pass: find keys that were added (i.e., in target but
+                // not in source), and record the keys common to both, in
+                // target's iteration order -- again a by-product of the
+                // source.find() call already needed to detect added keys. At
+                // the same time, determine whether every added key comes
+                // after every common key in target's order (a precondition
+                // for the fast path below, which only ever appends new keys
+                // at the very end): for an object_t whose iteration order is
+                // a pure function of the key set (e.g. the default std::map,
+                // which always iterates in sorted key order), the order
+                // check further below is always true and this whole
+                // mechanism is effectively a no-op; it only matters for a
+                // reorderable object_t such as the one backing `ordered_json`.
+                // patch ops for keys that were added (i.e., in target but not
+                // in source); built here so the fast path below can reuse
+                // them without a second source.find() per target key. Only
+                // used by the fast path -- the slow (reordering) path
+                // rebuilds "add" ops for every key itself.
+                std::vector<typename object_t::key_type> common_keys_target_order;
+                basic_json added_ops(value_t::array);
+                bool new_keys_form_suffix = true;
+                bool seen_new_key = false;
                 for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
                 {
                     if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
                     {
-                        // found a key that is not in this -> add it
+                        seen_new_key = true;
+                        const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                        added_ops.push_back(
+                        {
+                            {"op", "add"}, {"path", path_key},
+                            {"value", it.value()}
+                        });
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        common_keys_target_order.push_back(it.key());
+                        if (seen_new_key)
+                        {
+                            new_keys_form_suffix = false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (common_keys_source_order == common_keys_target_order && new_keys_form_suffix)
+                {
+                    // fast path: order of common keys already matches (or the
+                    // object_t's iteration order does not depend on
+                    // insertion history), so a plain per-key recursive diff
+                    // is correct and minimal, as before. common_keys_source_order
+                    // is, by construction, the subsequence of source's keys
+                    // that are common to both objects, in source's iteration
+                    // order -- so it can be walked in lockstep with `source`
+                    // using a cheap key comparison instead of another lookup.
+                    auto common_it = common_keys_source_order.cbegin();
+                    for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend() && common_it != common_keys_source_order.cend(); ++it)
+                    {
+                        if (it.key() == *common_it)
+                        {
+                            const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                            auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path_key);
+                            result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
+                            ++common_it;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // append the "add" ops for brand-new keys collected above
+                    // during the pass over target -- no second source.find()
+                    // per target key needed
+                    result.insert(result.end(), added_ops.begin(), added_ops.end());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // slow path: the common keys are in a different relative
+                    // order in source and target (only possible for a
+                    // reorderable object_t like ordered_map). Building a
+                    // minimal reordering patch is a nontrivial (LCS-like)
+                    // problem; instead, remove every common key and re-add it
+                    // (with its final target value) in target's order, which
+                    // is enough to guarantee source.patch(diff(source,
+                    // target)) == target. basic_json::patch()'s "add"
+                    // operation on an object uses operator[], which appends
+                    // at the end for a vector-backed insertion-ordered map
+                    // when the key does not already exist -- so removing a
+                    // key and then adding it moves it to the end, fixing its
+                    // position.
+                    for (const auto& key : common_keys_source_order)
+                    {
+                        const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(key));
+                        result.push_back(object(
+                        {
+                            {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path_key}
+                        }));
+                    }
+
+                    // add every key that is either common (just removed
+                    // above) or brand new, in target's iteration order, so
+                    // that the final order after applying the patch matches
+                    // target exactly
+                    for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
+                    {
                         const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
                         result.push_back(
                         {

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -7768,10 +7768,11 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_END
 
 
 
+#include <algorithm> // find_if
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <string> // string
 #include <type_traits> // enable_if_t
-#include <utility> // move
+#include <utility> // move, pair
 #include <vector> // vector
 
 // #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
@@ -9777,7 +9778,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+            return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -9826,7 +9827,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_parser
 
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
         {
-            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+            return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -10096,7 +10097,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
             // check object limit
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
             {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+                return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive object size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
             }
         }
         return true;
@@ -10113,7 +10114,17 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
         // add discarded value at the given key and store the reference for later
         if (keep && ref_stack.back())
         {
-            object_element = &(ref_stack.back()->m_data.m_value.object->operator[](val) = discarded);
+            auto& obj = *ref_stack.back()->m_data.m_value.object;
+            const auto it = obj.find(val);
+            if (it != obj.end())
+            {
+                // this is a duplicate key (legal in JSON); remember its
+                // current value so it can be restored later if the new
+                // value is rejected by the callback, instead of being
+                // erased together with the discarded placeholder
+                duplicate_key_stash.emplace_back(&(it->second), it->second);
+            }
+            object_element = &(obj[val] = discarded);
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -10125,7 +10136,11 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
         {
             if (!callback(static_cast<int>(ref_stack.size()) - 1, parse_event_t::object_end, *ref_stack.back()))
             {
-                // discard object
+                // discard object, unless this slot holds a duplicate key's
+                // previous value pending restoration, in which case that
+                // value is restored instead of being discarded
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), true))
+                {
                     *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
 
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
@@ -10133,6 +10148,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
                     handle_diagnostic_positions_for_json_value(*ref_stack.back());
 #endif
                 }
+            }
             else
             {
 
@@ -10145,6 +10161,10 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
 
                 ref_stack.back()->set_parents();
+                // this object is finally, definitively kept; drop any
+                // pending duplicate-key stash entry for its slot since it
+                // can no longer be restored
+                resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), false);
             }
         }
 
@@ -10187,7 +10207,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
             // check array limit
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(len != detail::unknown_size() && len > ref_stack.back()->max_size()))
             {
-                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
+                return parse_error(0, "", out_of_range::create(408, concat("excessive array size: ", std::to_string(len)), ref_stack.back()));
             }
         }
 
@@ -10214,10 +10234,18 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
 
                 ref_stack.back()->set_parents();
+                // this array is finally, definitively kept; drop any
+                // pending duplicate-key stash entry for its slot since it
+                // can no longer be restored
+                resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), false);
             }
             else
             {
-                // discard array
+                // discard array, unless this slot holds a duplicate key's
+                // previous value pending restoration, in which case that
+                // value is restored instead of being discarded
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(ref_stack.back(), true))
+                {
                     *ref_stack.back() = discarded;
 
 #if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
@@ -10226,6 +10254,7 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 #endif
                 }
             }
+        }
 
         JSON_ASSERT(!ref_stack.empty());
         JSON_ASSERT(!keep_stack.empty());
@@ -10337,14 +10366,48 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
     }
 #endif
 
-    /// remove the discarded value the callback rejected from its parent
-    static void remove_discarded_value(BasicJsonType& parent)
+    /// if there is a pending duplicate-key stash entry for this exact slot,
+    /// remove it from the stash; if restore_value is true, the stashed
+    /// previous value is moved back into the slot first (use this when the
+    /// new value at that slot was rejected); otherwise the stash entry is
+    /// simply dropped (use this when the new value was accepted, so it
+    /// correctly supersedes the old one and no restore should ever happen
+    /// for this slot again)
+    /// @return whether a matching stash entry was found (and processed)
+    bool resolve_duplicate_key_stash(BasicJsonType* slot, bool restore_value)
+    {
+        const auto it = std::find_if(duplicate_key_stash.begin(), duplicate_key_stash.end(),
+                                     [slot](const std::pair<BasicJsonType*, BasicJsonType>& entry)
+        {
+            return entry.first == slot;
+        });
+
+        if (it == duplicate_key_stash.end())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (restore_value)
+        {
+            *slot = std::move(it->second);
+        }
+        duplicate_key_stash.erase(it);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// remove the discarded value the callback rejected from its parent,
+    /// unless it is a duplicate key's slot with a stashed previous value,
+    /// in which case that previous value is restored instead
+    void remove_discarded_value(BasicJsonType& parent)
     {
         for (auto it = parent.begin(); it != parent.end(); ++it)
         {
             if (it->is_discarded())
+            {
+                if (!resolve_duplicate_key_stash(&(*it), true))
                 {
                     parent.erase(it);
+                }
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -10442,6 +10505,16 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
 
         JSON_ASSERT(object_element);
         *object_element = std::move(value);
+        if (!skip_callback)
+        {
+            // this scalar value finally, definitively replaces whatever was
+            // at this slot; drop any pending duplicate-key stash entry for
+            // it since it can no longer be restored (a container value at
+            // this slot is resolved later, in end_object()/end_array(),
+            // since skip_callback is true for the placeholder handling that
+            // happens here for those)
+            resolve_duplicate_key_stash(object_element, false);
+        }
         return {true, object_element};
     }
 
@@ -10455,6 +10528,12 @@ class json_sax_dom_callback_parser
     std::vector<bool> key_keep_stack {}; // NOLINT(readability-redundant-member-init)
     /// helper to hold the reference for the next object element
     BasicJsonType* object_element = nullptr;
+    /// stash of (slot pointer, previous value) for object members that
+    /// already existed when key() was called again for the same key
+    /// (duplicate keys); used to restore the previous value if the new
+    /// value is later rejected by the callback, instead of erasing the
+    /// member entirely
+    std::vector<std::pair<BasicJsonType*, BasicJsonType>> duplicate_key_stash {};
     /// whether a syntax error occurred
     bool errored = false;
     /// callback function
@@ -24844,6 +24923,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(211, "passed iterators may not belong to container", this));
         }
 
+        // passed iterators must belong to arrays
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!first.m_object->is_array()))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(invalid_iterator::create(202, "iterators first and last must point to arrays", this));
+        }
+
         // insert to array and return iterator
         return insert_iterator(pos, first.m_it.array_iterator, last.m_it.array_iterator);
     }
@@ -26578,34 +26663,130 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
             case value_t::object:
             {
-                // first pass: traverse this object's elements
+                // first pass: find keys that were deleted (i.e., in source but
+                // not in target), and record the keys common to both, in
+                // source's iteration order -- this is a by-product of the
+                // target.find() call already needed to detect removed keys,
+                // so it adds no extra lookups.
+                std::vector<typename object_t::key_type> common_keys_source_order;
                 for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend(); ++it)
                 {
-                    // escape the key name to be used in a JSON patch
+                    if (target.find(it.key()) == target.end())
+                    {
+                        // found a key that is not in target -> remove it
                         const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
-
-                    if (target.find(it.key()) != target.end())
-                    {
-                        // recursive call to compare object values at key it
-                        auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path_key);
-                        result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // found a key that is not in o -> remove it
                         result.push_back(object(
                         {
                             {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path_key}
                         }));
                     }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        common_keys_source_order.push_back(it.key());
+                    }
                 }
 
-                // second pass: traverse other object's elements
+                // second pass: find keys that were added (i.e., in target but
+                // not in source), and record the keys common to both, in
+                // target's iteration order -- again a by-product of the
+                // source.find() call already needed to detect added keys. At
+                // the same time, determine whether every added key comes
+                // after every common key in target's order (a precondition
+                // for the fast path below, which only ever appends new keys
+                // at the very end): for an object_t whose iteration order is
+                // a pure function of the key set (e.g. the default std::map,
+                // which always iterates in sorted key order), the order
+                // check further below is always true and this whole
+                // mechanism is effectively a no-op; it only matters for a
+                // reorderable object_t such as the one backing `ordered_json`.
+                // patch ops for keys that were added (i.e., in target but not
+                // in source); built here so the fast path below can reuse
+                // them without a second source.find() per target key. Only
+                // used by the fast path -- the slow (reordering) path
+                // rebuilds "add" ops for every key itself.
+                std::vector<typename object_t::key_type> common_keys_target_order;
+                basic_json added_ops(value_t::array);
+                bool new_keys_form_suffix = true;
+                bool seen_new_key = false;
                 for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
                 {
                     if (source.find(it.key()) == source.end())
                     {
-                        // found a key that is not in this -> add it
+                        seen_new_key = true;
+                        const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                        added_ops.push_back(
+                        {
+                            {"op", "add"}, {"path", path_key},
+                            {"value", it.value()}
+                        });
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        common_keys_target_order.push_back(it.key());
+                        if (seen_new_key)
+                        {
+                            new_keys_form_suffix = false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (common_keys_source_order == common_keys_target_order && new_keys_form_suffix)
+                {
+                    // fast path: order of common keys already matches (or the
+                    // object_t's iteration order does not depend on
+                    // insertion history), so a plain per-key recursive diff
+                    // is correct and minimal, as before. common_keys_source_order
+                    // is, by construction, the subsequence of source's keys
+                    // that are common to both objects, in source's iteration
+                    // order -- so it can be walked in lockstep with `source`
+                    // using a cheap key comparison instead of another lookup.
+                    auto common_it = common_keys_source_order.cbegin();
+                    for (auto it = source.cbegin(); it != source.cend() && common_it != common_keys_source_order.cend(); ++it)
+                    {
+                        if (it.key() == *common_it)
+                        {
+                            const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
+                            auto temp_diff = diff(it.value(), target[it.key()], path_key);
+                            result.insert(result.end(), temp_diff.begin(), temp_diff.end());
+                            ++common_it;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // append the "add" ops for brand-new keys collected above
+                    // during the pass over target -- no second source.find()
+                    // per target key needed
+                    result.insert(result.end(), added_ops.begin(), added_ops.end());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // slow path: the common keys are in a different relative
+                    // order in source and target (only possible for a
+                    // reorderable object_t like ordered_map). Building a
+                    // minimal reordering patch is a nontrivial (LCS-like)
+                    // problem; instead, remove every common key and re-add it
+                    // (with its final target value) in target's order, which
+                    // is enough to guarantee source.patch(diff(source,
+                    // target)) == target. basic_json::patch()'s "add"
+                    // operation on an object uses operator[], which appends
+                    // at the end for a vector-backed insertion-ordered map
+                    // when the key does not already exist -- so removing a
+                    // key and then adding it moves it to the end, fixing its
+                    // position.
+                    for (const auto& key : common_keys_source_order)
+                    {
+                        const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(key));
+                        result.push_back(object(
+                        {
+                            {"op", "remove"}, {"path", path_key}
+                        }));
+                    }
+
+                    // add every key that is either common (just removed
+                    // above) or brand new, in target's iteration order, so
+                    // that the final order after applying the patch matches
+                    // target exactly
+                    for (auto it = target.cbegin(); it != target.cend(); ++it)
+                    {
                         const auto path_key = detail::concat<string_t>(path, '/', detail::escape(it.key()));
                         result.push_back(
                         {

tests/src/unit-modifiers.cpp

@@ -641,6 +641,20 @@ TEST_CASE("modifiers")
                 CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j_array.insert(j_array.end(), j_other_array.begin(), j_other_array2.end()), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.210] iterators do not fit",
                                      json::invalid_iterator&);
             }
+
+            SECTION("iterators not pointing into an array")
+            {
+                json j_object2 = {{"k", 1}, {"l", 2}};
+                json j_primitive = 5;
+                json j_null;
+
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j_array.insert(j_array.begin(), j_object2.begin(), j_object2.end()), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] iterators first and last must point to arrays",
+                                     json::invalid_iterator&);
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j_array.insert(j_array.begin(), j_primitive.begin(), j_primitive.end()), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] iterators first and last must point to arrays",
+                                     json::invalid_iterator&);
+                CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(j_array.insert(j_array.begin(), j_null.begin(), j_null.end()), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] iterators first and last must point to arrays",
+                                     json::invalid_iterator&);
+            }
         }
 
         SECTION("range for object")

tests/src/unit-ordered_json.cpp

@@ -81,3 +81,84 @@ TEST_CASE("regression test for issue #3732 - iteration_proxy_value<iter_impl<ord
     };
     static_cast<void>(fn);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("regression test - diff() must account for ordered_json member order")
+{
+    SECTION("pure reorder, no value changes")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"b", 2}, {"a", 1}};
+        CHECK(a != b); // order-sensitive equality
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("new key must land at the front")
+    {
+        ordered_json c = {{"b", 2}};
+        ordered_json e = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}};
+        CHECK(c.patch(ordered_json::diff(c, e)) == e);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("reorder plus a value change on one of the reordered keys")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"b", 20}, {"a", 1}};
+        CHECK(a != b);
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("reorder plus a deleted key")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}, {"c", 3}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"b", 2}, {"a", 1}};
+        CHECK(a != b);
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("reorder plus a nested value that itself needs a recursive diff")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", {{"x", 1}, {"y", 2}}}, {"b", 2}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"b", 2}, {"a", {{"x", 1}, {"y", 99}}}};
+        CHECK(a != b);
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("three or more keys shuffled into a different order")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}, {"c", 3}, {"d", 4}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"d", 4}, {"b", 2}, {"a", 1}, {"c", 3}};
+        CHECK(a != b);
+        CHECK(a.patch(ordered_json::diff(a, b)) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("matching order still produces a minimal patch (fast path unaffected)")
+    {
+        ordered_json a = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}, {"c", 3}};
+        ordered_json b = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 20}, {"c", 3}};
+        auto p = ordered_json::diff(a, b);
+        // only the changed value should be touched, not a wholesale remove+add
+        CHECK(p.size() == 1);
+        CHECK(p[0]["op"] == "replace");
+        CHECK(p[0]["path"] == "/b");
+        CHECK(a.patch(p) == b);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("plain json (std::map-backed) is unaffected by same-key-different-insertion-order")
+    {
+        json a;
+        a["b"] = 2;
+        a["a"] = 1;
+
+        json b;
+        b["a"] = 1;
+        b["b"] = 2;
+
+        // std::map iteration is always sorted by key, so a == b regardless of
+        // insertion order, and diff() must still produce the same minimal
+        // (empty) result as before this fix
+        CHECK(a == b);
+        auto p = json::diff(a, b);
+        CHECK(p.empty());
+        CHECK(a.patch(p) == b);
+    }
+}

tests/src/unit-regression2.cpp

@@ -1566,4 +1566,101 @@ TEST_CASE("issue #5402 - update(merge_objects=true) overwrites a primitive with
     CHECK(mixed == json({{"keep", {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}}}, {"replace", {{"x", 2}}}}));
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("regression test - parser callback must not lose a duplicate key's prior value")
+{
+    // a callback that rejects only the scalar value 2
+    const json::parser_callback_t drop_value_2 = [](int /*depth*/, json::parse_event_t ev, json & v)
+    {
+        return !(ev == json::parse_event_t::value && v == 2);
+    };
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second (scalar) value rejected - prior value is restored")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":2})", drop_value_2);
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":1}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second value is an object rejected at object_end - prior value is restored")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":{"x":2}})",
+                                   [](int depth, json::parse_event_t ev, json& /*parsed*/)
+        {
+            return !(ev == json::parse_event_t::object_end && depth == 1);
+        });
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":1}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second value is an array rejected at array_end - prior value is restored")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":[9,9]})",
+                                   [](int depth, json::parse_event_t ev, json& /*parsed*/)
+        {
+            return !(ev == json::parse_event_t::array_end && depth == 1);
+        });
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":1}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second value accepted (scalar) - last value wins")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":2})", [](int, json::parse_event_t, json&) noexcept
+        {
+            return true;
+        });
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":2}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key, second value accepted (object) - last value wins")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"a":{"x":2}})", [](int, json::parse_event_t, json&) noexcept
+        {
+            return true;
+        });
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":{\"x\":2}}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("brand new (non-duplicate) key, value rejected - member is fully absent")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"a":1,"b":2})", drop_value_2);
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"a\":1}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("duplicate key nested two levels deep")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"outer":{"a":1,"a":2}})", drop_value_2);
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"outer\":{\"a\":1}}");
+    }
+
+    SECTION("three occurrences of the same key - middle rejected, last accepted")
+    {
+        const json j = json::parse(R"({"k":1,"k":2,"k":3})", drop_value_2);
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "{\"k\":3}");
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("regression test - excessive binary container size honors allow_exceptions=false")
+{
+    // CBOR array with declared length 2^63
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> cbor = {0x9b, 0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+    // CBOR map with declared length 2^63
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> cbor_m = {0xbb, 0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+    // UBJSON array with declared length 2^63-1
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> ubj = {'[', '#', 'L', 0x7f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff};
+    // BJData array with declared length 2^63-1 (little endian)
+    const std::vector<std::uint8_t> bjd = {'[', '#', 'L', 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f};
+
+    // allow_exceptions=false must report failure instead of throwing/aborting
+    CHECK(json::from_cbor(cbor, true, false).is_discarded());
+    CHECK(json::from_cbor(cbor_m, true, false).is_discarded());
+    CHECK(json::from_ubjson(ubj, true, false).is_discarded());
+    CHECK(json::from_bjdata(bjd, true, false).is_discarded());
+
+    // allow_exceptions=true (the default) must still throw exactly as before
+    CHECK_THROWS_AS(json::from_cbor(cbor), json::out_of_range);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH(json::from_cbor(cbor),
+                      "[json.exception.out_of_range.408] excessive array size: 9223372036854775808");
+
+    // regression guard: a genuinely truncated CBOR input must remain discarded
+    CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<std::uint8_t> {0x9b, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0x02}, true, false).is_discarded());
+}
+
 DOCTEST_CLANG_SUPPRESS_WARNING_POP