Account for JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS in the move-prefix-check error messages

out_of_range::create() includes a "(bytes X-Y)" position annotation when
JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS is enabled, which the ci_test_diagnostic_positions
CI job builds the whole suite with. The five new out_of_range.414
assertions only checked the annotation-free message. Confirmed
JSON_DIAGNOSTICS produces the same (annotation-free) message as the
default build for this particular throw site (its path-based annotation
is empty at the root, where &result always points here), so only two
message variants are needed, not three.

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

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/patch.md

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON va
   ("add", "remove", "move")
 - Throws [`out_of_range.411`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range411) if an "add" operation's target
   location has a parent that is neither an object nor an array.
+- Throws [`out_of_range.413`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range413) if a "remove" operation's target
+  location has a parent that is neither an object nor an array.
+- Throws [`out_of_range.414`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range414) if a "move" operation's "from"
+  location is a proper prefix of its "path" location.
 - Throws [`other_error.501`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionother_error501) if "test" operation was
   unsuccessful.
 
@@ -75,3 +79,7 @@ is thrown. In any case, the original value is not changed: the patch is applied
 - Added in version 2.0.0.
 - Added [`out_of_range.411`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range411) and stopped relying on an internal assertion when an "add" operation's
   target location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.13.0.
+- Added [`out_of_range.413`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range413) and stopped silently ignoring a "remove" operation whose target
+  location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.13.0.
+- Added [`out_of_range.414`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range414) and rejected a "move" operation whose "from" location is a proper
+  prefix of its "path" location instead of silently producing a corrupted result in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/patch_inplace.md

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ No guarantees, value may be corrupted by an unsuccessful patch operation.
   ("add", "remove", "move")
 - Throws [`out_of_range.411`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range411) if an "add" operation's target
   location has a parent that is neither an object nor an array.
+- Throws [`out_of_range.413`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range413) if a "remove" operation's target
+  location has a parent that is neither an object nor an array.
+- Throws [`out_of_range.414`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range414) if a "move" operation's "from"
+  location is a proper prefix of its "path" location.
 - Throws [`other_error.501`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionother_error501) if "test" operation was
   unsuccessful.
 
@@ -72,3 +76,7 @@ function throws an exception.
 - Added in version 3.11.0.
 - Added [`out_of_range.411`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range411) and stopped relying on an internal assertion when an "add" operation's
   target location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.13.0.
+- Added [`out_of_range.413`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range413) and stopped silently ignoring a "remove" operation whose target
+  location has a non-object/non-array parent in version 3.13.0.
+- Added [`out_of_range.414`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range414) and rejected a "move" operation whose "from" location is a proper
+  prefix of its "path" location instead of silently producing a corrupted result in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/features/binary_formats/ubjson.md

@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to UBJSON types ac
     Note that `use_size = true` alone may result in larger representations - the benefit of this parameter is that the
     receiving side is immediately informed on the number of elements of the container.
 
-    An array whose type marker is `Z` (null), `T` (true) or `F` (false) stores no payload at all, because the marker
-    already is the value. Its declared count is therefore the only thing that decides how much memory the receiving side
-    allocates, and a handful of bytes can describe billions of elements. `from_ubjson` rejects such an array with
-    [`out_of_range.408`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range408) when the count exceeds 1,048,576, and
-    `to_ubjson` writes longer arrays of these types without the annotation, so any value it produces can be read back.
-
 !!! info "Binary values"
 
     If the JSON data contains the binary type, the value stored is a list of integers, as suggested by the UBJSON

docs/mkdocs/docs/home/exceptions.md

@@ -868,12 +868,6 @@ The size of an array or object in a [binary format](../features/binary_formats/i
 the size following `#` for [UBJSON](../features/binary_formats/ubjson.md)/[BJData](../features/binary_formats/bjdata.md),
 or the encoded length for [CBOR](../features/binary_formats/cbor.md).
 
-The exception is also thrown for a [UBJSON](../features/binary_formats/ubjson.md) array of a type that is encoded by its
-marker alone (`Z`, `T` or `F`) whose declared count exceeds 1,048,576. Such an array has no payload, so its count alone
-decides how much memory is allocated, and a handful of bytes would otherwise describe billions of values.
-[`to_ubjson`](../api/basic_json/to_ubjson.md) writes longer arrays of these types without the size and type annotation,
-so any value it produces can still be read back.
-
 !!! failure "Example messages"
 
     ```
@@ -885,9 +879,6 @@ so any value it produces can still be read back.
     ```
     [json.exception.out_of_range.408] syntax error while parsing CBOR size: excessive map size
     ```
-    ```
-    [json.exception.out_of_range.408] syntax error while parsing UBJSON size: excessive array size
-    ```
 
 ### json.exception.out_of_range.409
 
@@ -942,6 +933,34 @@ BSON stores the length of documents, arrays, strings, and binary values in a sig
     [`to_bson`](../api/basic_json/to_bson.md) produced documents with negative length prefixes that
     [`from_bson`](../api/basic_json/from_bson.md) rejected.
 
+### json.exception.out_of_range.413
+
+A JSON Patch `remove` operation cannot be applied because the target location's parent is neither an object nor an array. Per [RFC 6902](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6902), a `remove` target must reference a member of an existing object or an element of an existing array; a primitive value (string, number, boolean, etc.) or `null` has no members or elements to remove.
+
+!!! failure "Example message"
+
+    ```
+    cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type number, but must be an object or array
+    ```
+
+!!! note
+
+    This exception was added in version 3.13.0. Before that, this situation was silently ignored (the `remove` operation had no effect).
+
+### json.exception.out_of_range.414
+
+A JSON Patch `move` operation's `"from"` location is a proper prefix of its `"path"` location. Per [RFC 6902](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6902) (section 4.4), a location cannot be moved into one of its own children.
+
+!!! failure "Example message"
+
+    ```
+    cannot move value: 'from' path '/0' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/0/0'
+    ```
+
+!!! note
+
+    This exception was added in version 3.13.0. Before that, this situation could succeed with a corrupted result: for an array target, removing the "from" element before the "add" step shifted subsequent indices, so "path" silently re-resolved to a different element than intended.
+
 ## Further exceptions
 
 This exception is thrown in case of errors that cannot be classified with the

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -58,26 +58,6 @@ inline bool little_endianness(int num = 1) noexcept
     return *reinterpret_cast<char*>(&num) == 1;
 }
 
-/*!
-@brief largest element count accepted for a UBJSON container of a valueless type
-
-An element of type 'Z' (null), 'T' (true) or 'F' (false) is encoded by its
-type marker alone, so an optimized container of one of those types has no
-payload at all and its declared count is the only thing that decides how much
-is allocated: `[$Z#L` followed by a large count turns some ten bytes of input
-into that many values (see #2793, which reports 35 GB and 150 seconds). Every
-other type costs at least one byte per element and is bounded by the end of
-the input.
-
-This is a sanity bound rather than a security boundary, and it is far above
-any container met in practice. @ref binary_writer falls back to the
-unoptimized encoding for longer containers, so that a value serialized by
-this library can always be read back.
-
-@sa https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2793
-*/
-JSON_INLINE_VARIABLE constexpr std::size_t max_valueless_container_size = 1 << 20;
-
 ///////////////////
 // binary reader //
 ///////////////////
@@ -1016,21 +996,23 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief reads a definite-length CBOR string
+    @brief reads a CBOR string
 
-    Reads everything @ref get_cbor_string accepts except the indefinite-length
+    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
-    form, which that function handles itself. The bytes are appended to @a
+    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
-    result, so consecutive chunks of an indefinite-length string can be read
+    Additionally, CBOR's strings with indefinite lengths are supported.
-    into the same string.
 
-    @param[out] result  string the bytes are appended to
+    @param[out] result  created string
 
     @return whether string creation completed
-
-    @pre @a current is not EOF
     */
-    bool get_cbor_string_chunk(string_t& result)
+    bool get_cbor_string(string_t& result)
     {
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "string")))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         switch (current)
         {
             // UTF-8 string (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
@@ -1086,6 +1068,20 @@ class binary_reader
                 return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
+            case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
+            {
+                while (get() != 0xFF)
+                {
+                    string_t chunk;
+                    if (!get_cbor_string(chunk))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    result.append(chunk);
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
@@ -1096,82 +1092,23 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief reads a CBOR string
+    @brief reads a CBOR byte array
 
     This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
-    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
+    byte array length and then copies this number of bytes into the byte array.
-    Additionally, CBOR's strings with indefinite lengths are supported.
+    Additionally, CBOR's byte arrays with indefinite lengths are supported.
 
-    @param[out] result  created string
+    @param[out] result  created byte array
-
-    @return whether string creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_string(string_t& result)
-    {
-        // number of indefinite-length strings that have been opened and not
-        // closed yet. RFC 8949, Section 3.2.3 does not permit nesting them,
-        // but this reader has always accepted it, so the open levels are
-        // counted instead of recursed through, which overflowed the stack for
-        // an input of repeated 0x7F bytes (see #5104). Every chunk is appended
-        // to the same result, so no per-level state is needed.
-        std::size_t open = 0;
-
-        while (true)
-        {
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "string")))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (current == 0x7F) // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
-            {
-                ++open;
-                get();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            // a break marker closes the innermost indefinite-length string;
-            // outside of one it is not a string and falls through to the error
-            if (open != 0 && current == 0xFF)
-            {
-                if (--open == 0)
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-                get();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_string_chunk(result)))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (open == 0)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            get();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a definite-length CBOR byte array
-
-    Reads everything @ref get_cbor_binary accepts except the indefinite-length
-    form, which that function handles itself. The bytes are appended to @a
-    result, so consecutive chunks of an indefinite-length byte array can be
-    read into the same byte array.
-
-    @param[out] result  byte array the bytes are appended to
 
     @return whether byte array creation completed
-
-    @pre @a current is not EOF
     */
-    bool get_cbor_binary_chunk(binary_t& result)
+    bool get_cbor_binary(binary_t& result)
     {
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "binary")))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         switch (current)
         {
             // Binary data (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
@@ -1231,6 +1168,20 @@ class binary_reader
                        get_binary(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
+            case 0x5F: // Binary data (indefinite length)
+            {
+                while (get() != 0xFF)
+                {
+                    binary_t chunk;
+                    if (!get_cbor_binary(chunk))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    result.insert(result.end(), chunk.begin(), chunk.end());
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
@@ -1240,63 +1191,6 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a CBOR byte array
-
-    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
-    byte array length and then copies this number of bytes into the byte array.
-    Additionally, CBOR's byte arrays with indefinite lengths are supported.
-
-    @param[out] result  created byte array
-
-    @return whether byte array creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_binary(binary_t& result)
-    {
-        // the open indefinite-length byte arrays are counted rather than
-        // recursed through, for the reason given in @ref get_cbor_string
-        std::size_t open = 0;
-
-        while (true)
-        {
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "binary")))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (current == 0x5F) // Binary data (indefinite length)
-            {
-                ++open;
-                get();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            // a break marker closes the innermost indefinite-length byte
-            // array; outside of one it falls through to the error below
-            if (open != 0 && current == 0xFF)
-            {
-                if (--open == 0)
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-                get();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_binary_chunk(result)))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (open == 0)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            get();
-        }
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief narrow a definite CBOR array/map length to std::size_t
 
@@ -2497,12 +2391,7 @@ class binary_reader
     {
         result.first = npos; // size
         result.second = 0; // type
-        // seed the flag with the caller's context: inside an ndarray dimension
+        bool is_ndarray = false;
-        // vector another ndarray is not allowed, and get_ubjson_size_value()
-        // rejects it up front instead of reading it and reporting afterwards.
-        // Seeding it with `false` made every '#' of a "[#[#[..." chain descend
-        // another level, which overflowed the stack (see #5104).
-        bool is_ndarray = inside_ndarray;
 
         get_ignore_noop();
 
@@ -2535,11 +2424,13 @@ class binary_reader
             }
 
             const bool is_error = get_ubjson_size_value(result.first, is_ndarray);
-            // an ndarray was read here only if the flag flipped; when it was
+            if (input_format == input_format_t::bjdata && is_ndarray)
-            // seeded true, get_ubjson_size_value() already rejected the nested
-            // dimension vector
-            if (input_format == input_format_t::bjdata && is_ndarray && !inside_ndarray)
             {
+                if (inside_ndarray)
+                {
+                    return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
+                                            exception_message(input_format, "ndarray can not be recursive", "size"), nullptr));
+                }
                 result.second |= (1 << 8); // use bit 8 to indicate ndarray, all UBJSON and BJData markers should be ASCII letters
             }
             return is_error;
@@ -2548,7 +2439,7 @@ class binary_reader
         if (current == '#')
         {
             const bool is_error = get_ubjson_size_value(result.first, is_ndarray);
-            if (input_format == input_format_t::bjdata && is_ndarray && !inside_ndarray)
+            if (input_format == input_format_t::bjdata && is_ndarray)
             {
                 return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
                                         exception_message(input_format, "ndarray requires both type and size", "size"), nullptr));
@@ -2819,17 +2710,6 @@ class binary_reader
 
         if (size_and_type.first != npos)
         {
-            // reading an element of a valueless type consumes no input, so the
-            // declared count alone decides how much is allocated; the check is
-            // made before the start event so that no container is opened that
-            // is then abandoned. See @ref max_valueless_container_size.
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY((size_and_type.second == 'Z' || size_and_type.second == 'T' || size_and_type.second == 'F')
-                                     && size_and_type.first > max_valueless_container_size))
-            {
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), out_of_range::create(408,
-                                        exception_message(input_format, "excessive array size", "size"), nullptr));
-            }
-
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!sax->start_array(size_and_type.first)))
             {
                 return false;

include/nlohmann/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp

@@ -826,17 +826,7 @@ class binary_writer
 
                     std::vector<CharType> bjdx = {'[', '{', 'S', 'H', 'T', 'F', 'N', 'Z'}; // excluded markers in bjdata optimized type
 
-                    // an optimized array of a valueless type carries no payload, so a
+                    if (same_prefix && !(use_bjdata && std::find(bjdx.begin(), bjdx.end(), first_prefix) != bjdx.end()))
-                    // reader has nothing but the declared count to bound the allocation
-                    // by and refuses an excessive one. Write the unoptimized form for
-                    // those, at one byte per element, so the result can be read back.
-                    // Objects are not affected: every element is preceded by its key.
-                    const bool valueless_type = (first_prefix == 'Z' || first_prefix == 'T' || first_prefix == 'F');
-                    const bool excessive_valueless = valueless_type
-                                                     && j.m_data.m_value.array->size() > detail::max_valueless_container_size;
-
-                    if (same_prefix && !excessive_valueless
-                            && !(use_bjdata && std::find(bjdx.begin(), bjdx.end(), first_prefix) != bjdx.end()))
                     {
                         prefix_required = false;
                         oa->write_character(to_char_type('$'));

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -4473,11 +4473,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in CBOR format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -4493,11 +4490,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     template<typename T>
@@ -4522,11 +4516,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         auto ia = i.get();
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in MessagePack format
@@ -4540,11 +4531,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in MessagePack format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -4559,11 +4547,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     template<typename T>
@@ -4586,11 +4571,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         auto ia = i.get();
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in UBJSON format
@@ -4604,11 +4586,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in UBJSON format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -4623,11 +4602,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     template<typename T>
@@ -4650,11 +4626,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         auto ia = i.get();
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BJData format
@@ -4668,11 +4641,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bjdata).sax_parse(input_format_t::bjdata, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bjdata).sax_parse(input_format_t::bjdata, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BJData format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -4687,11 +4657,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bjdata).sax_parse(input_format_t::bjdata, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bjdata).sax_parse(input_format_t::bjdata, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BSON format
@@ -4705,11 +4672,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BSON format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -4724,11 +4688,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     template<typename T>
@@ -4751,11 +4712,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         auto ia = i.get();
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
     /// @}
 
@@ -4981,6 +4939,36 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                 // note erase performs range check
                 parent.erase(json_pointer::template array_index<basic_json_t>(last_path));
             }
+            else
+            {
+                // the parent of a "remove" target must be an object or array
+                // (see #5396)
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(413, detail::concat("cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type ", parent.type_name(), ", but must be an object or array"), &parent));
+            }
+        };
+
+        // RFC 6902 (section 4.4) forbids "from" from being a proper prefix
+        // of "path" for a "move" operation: a location cannot be moved into
+        // one of its own children. Compares reference tokens (already
+        // unescaped by json_pointer's parser) rather than the raw pointer
+        // strings, since a token may itself contain an escaped '/' or '~'
+        // that would defeat a naive string-prefix comparison. "from" equal
+        // to "path" is *not* a proper prefix and must return false.
+        const auto is_proper_prefix = [](const json_pointer & from, const json_pointer & to)
+        {
+            const auto from_size = from.reference_tokens.size();
+            if (from_size >= to.reference_tokens.size())
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < from_size; ++i)
+            {
+                if (!(from.reference_tokens[i] == to.reference_tokens[i]))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
         };
 
         // type check: top level value must be an array
@@ -5058,6 +5046,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                     const auto from_path = get_value("move", "from", true).template get<string_t>();
                     json_pointer from_ptr(from_path);
 
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(is_proper_prefix(from_ptr, ptr)))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(414, detail::concat("cannot move value: 'from' path '", from_path, "' is a proper prefix of 'path' '", path, "'"), &result));
+                    }
+
                     // the "from" location must exist - use at()
                     basic_json const v = result.at(from_ptr);
 

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -10745,26 +10745,6 @@ inline bool little_endianness(int num = 1) noexcept
     return *reinterpret_cast<char*>(&num) == 1;
 }
 
-/*!
-@brief largest element count accepted for a UBJSON container of a valueless type
-
-An element of type 'Z' (null), 'T' (true) or 'F' (false) is encoded by its
-type marker alone, so an optimized container of one of those types has no
-payload at all and its declared count is the only thing that decides how much
-is allocated: `[$Z#L` followed by a large count turns some ten bytes of input
-into that many values (see #2793, which reports 35 GB and 150 seconds). Every
-other type costs at least one byte per element and is bounded by the end of
-the input.
-
-This is a sanity bound rather than a security boundary, and it is far above
-any container met in practice. @ref binary_writer falls back to the
-unoptimized encoding for longer containers, so that a value serialized by
-this library can always be read back.
-
-@sa https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2793
-*/
-JSON_INLINE_VARIABLE constexpr std::size_t max_valueless_container_size = 1 << 20;
-
 ///////////////////
 // binary reader //
 ///////////////////
@@ -11703,21 +11683,23 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief reads a definite-length CBOR string
+    @brief reads a CBOR string
 
-    Reads everything @ref get_cbor_string accepts except the indefinite-length
+    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
-    form, which that function handles itself. The bytes are appended to @a
+    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
-    result, so consecutive chunks of an indefinite-length string can be read
+    Additionally, CBOR's strings with indefinite lengths are supported.
-    into the same string.
 
-    @param[out] result  string the bytes are appended to
+    @param[out] result  created string
 
     @return whether string creation completed
-
-    @pre @a current is not EOF
     */
-    bool get_cbor_string_chunk(string_t& result)
+    bool get_cbor_string(string_t& result)
     {
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "string")))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         switch (current)
         {
             // UTF-8 string (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
@@ -11773,6 +11755,20 @@ class binary_reader
                 return get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len) && get_string(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
+            case 0x7F: // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
+            {
+                while (get() != 0xFF)
+                {
+                    string_t chunk;
+                    if (!get_cbor_string(chunk))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    result.append(chunk);
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
@@ -11783,82 +11779,23 @@ class binary_reader
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief reads a CBOR string
+    @brief reads a CBOR byte array
 
     This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
-    string length and then copies this number of bytes into a string.
+    byte array length and then copies this number of bytes into the byte array.
-    Additionally, CBOR's strings with indefinite lengths are supported.
+    Additionally, CBOR's byte arrays with indefinite lengths are supported.
 
-    @param[out] result  created string
+    @param[out] result  created byte array
-
-    @return whether string creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_string(string_t& result)
-    {
-        // number of indefinite-length strings that have been opened and not
-        // closed yet. RFC 8949, Section 3.2.3 does not permit nesting them,
-        // but this reader has always accepted it, so the open levels are
-        // counted instead of recursed through, which overflowed the stack for
-        // an input of repeated 0x7F bytes (see #5104). Every chunk is appended
-        // to the same result, so no per-level state is needed.
-        std::size_t open = 0;
-
-        while (true)
-        {
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "string")))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (current == 0x7F) // UTF-8 string (indefinite length)
-            {
-                ++open;
-                get();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            // a break marker closes the innermost indefinite-length string;
-            // outside of one it is not a string and falls through to the error
-            if (open != 0 && current == 0xFF)
-            {
-                if (--open == 0)
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-                get();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_string_chunk(result)))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (open == 0)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            get();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a definite-length CBOR byte array
-
-    Reads everything @ref get_cbor_binary accepts except the indefinite-length
-    form, which that function handles itself. The bytes are appended to @a
-    result, so consecutive chunks of an indefinite-length byte array can be
-    read into the same byte array.
-
-    @param[out] result  byte array the bytes are appended to
 
     @return whether byte array creation completed
-
-    @pre @a current is not EOF
     */
-    bool get_cbor_binary_chunk(binary_t& result)
+    bool get_cbor_binary(binary_t& result)
     {
+        if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "binary")))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         switch (current)
         {
             // Binary data (0x00..0x17 bytes follow)
@@ -11918,6 +11855,20 @@ class binary_reader
                        get_binary(input_format_t::cbor, len, result);
             }
 
+            case 0x5F: // Binary data (indefinite length)
+            {
+                while (get() != 0xFF)
+                {
+                    binary_t chunk;
+                    if (!get_cbor_binary(chunk))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    result.insert(result.end(), chunk.begin(), chunk.end());
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+
             default:
             {
                 auto last_token = get_token_string();
@@ -11927,63 +11878,6 @@ class binary_reader
         }
     }
 
-    /*!
-    @brief reads a CBOR byte array
-
-    This function first reads starting bytes to determine the expected
-    byte array length and then copies this number of bytes into the byte array.
-    Additionally, CBOR's byte arrays with indefinite lengths are supported.
-
-    @param[out] result  created byte array
-
-    @return whether byte array creation completed
-    */
-    bool get_cbor_binary(binary_t& result)
-    {
-        // the open indefinite-length byte arrays are counted rather than
-        // recursed through, for the reason given in @ref get_cbor_string
-        std::size_t open = 0;
-
-        while (true)
-        {
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!unexpect_eof(input_format_t::cbor, "binary")))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (current == 0x5F) // Binary data (indefinite length)
-            {
-                ++open;
-                get();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            // a break marker closes the innermost indefinite-length byte
-            // array; outside of one it falls through to the error below
-            if (open != 0 && current == 0xFF)
-            {
-                if (--open == 0)
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-                get();
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!get_cbor_binary_chunk(result)))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            if (open == 0)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            get();
-        }
-    }
-
     /*!
     @brief narrow a definite CBOR array/map length to std::size_t
 
@@ -13184,12 +13078,7 @@ class binary_reader
     {
         result.first = npos; // size
         result.second = 0; // type
-        // seed the flag with the caller's context: inside an ndarray dimension
+        bool is_ndarray = false;
-        // vector another ndarray is not allowed, and get_ubjson_size_value()
-        // rejects it up front instead of reading it and reporting afterwards.
-        // Seeding it with `false` made every '#' of a "[#[#[..." chain descend
-        // another level, which overflowed the stack (see #5104).
-        bool is_ndarray = inside_ndarray;
 
         get_ignore_noop();
 
@@ -13222,11 +13111,13 @@ class binary_reader
             }
 
             const bool is_error = get_ubjson_size_value(result.first, is_ndarray);
-            // an ndarray was read here only if the flag flipped; when it was
+            if (input_format == input_format_t::bjdata && is_ndarray)
-            // seeded true, get_ubjson_size_value() already rejected the nested
-            // dimension vector
-            if (input_format == input_format_t::bjdata && is_ndarray && !inside_ndarray)
             {
+                if (inside_ndarray)
+                {
+                    return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
+                                            exception_message(input_format, "ndarray can not be recursive", "size"), nullptr));
+                }
                 result.second |= (1 << 8); // use bit 8 to indicate ndarray, all UBJSON and BJData markers should be ASCII letters
             }
             return is_error;
@@ -13235,7 +13126,7 @@ class binary_reader
         if (current == '#')
         {
             const bool is_error = get_ubjson_size_value(result.first, is_ndarray);
-            if (input_format == input_format_t::bjdata && is_ndarray && !inside_ndarray)
+            if (input_format == input_format_t::bjdata && is_ndarray)
             {
                 return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), parse_error::create(112, chars_read,
                                         exception_message(input_format, "ndarray requires both type and size", "size"), nullptr));
@@ -13506,17 +13397,6 @@ class binary_reader
 
         if (size_and_type.first != npos)
         {
-            // reading an element of a valueless type consumes no input, so the
-            // declared count alone decides how much is allocated; the check is
-            // made before the start event so that no container is opened that
-            // is then abandoned. See @ref max_valueless_container_size.
-            if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY((size_and_type.second == 'Z' || size_and_type.second == 'T' || size_and_type.second == 'F')
-                                     && size_and_type.first > max_valueless_container_size))
-            {
-                return sax->parse_error(chars_read, get_token_string(), out_of_range::create(408,
-                                        exception_message(input_format, "excessive array size", "size"), nullptr));
-            }
-
             if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(!sax->start_array(size_and_type.first)))
             {
                 return false;
@@ -17954,17 +17834,7 @@ class binary_writer
 
                     std::vector<CharType> bjdx = {'[', '{', 'S', 'H', 'T', 'F', 'N', 'Z'}; // excluded markers in bjdata optimized type
 
-                    // an optimized array of a valueless type carries no payload, so a
+                    if (same_prefix && !(use_bjdata && std::find(bjdx.begin(), bjdx.end(), first_prefix) != bjdx.end()))
-                    // reader has nothing but the declared count to bound the allocation
-                    // by and refuses an excessive one. Write the unoptimized form for
-                    // those, at one byte per element, so the result can be read back.
-                    // Objects are not affected: every element is preceded by its key.
-                    const bool valueless_type = (first_prefix == 'Z' || first_prefix == 'T' || first_prefix == 'F');
-                    const bool excessive_valueless = valueless_type
-                                                     && j.m_data.m_value.array->size() > detail::max_valueless_container_size;
-
-                    if (same_prefix && !excessive_valueless
-                            && !(use_bjdata && std::find(bjdx.begin(), bjdx.end(), first_prefix) != bjdx.end()))
                     {
                         prefix_required = false;
                         oa->write_character(to_char_type('$'));
@@ -26031,11 +25901,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in CBOR format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -26051,11 +25918,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     template<typename T>
@@ -26080,11 +25944,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         auto ia = i.get();
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::cbor).sax_parse(input_format_t::cbor, &sdp, strict, tag_handler); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in MessagePack format
@@ -26098,11 +25959,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in MessagePack format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -26117,11 +25975,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     template<typename T>
@@ -26144,11 +25999,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         auto ia = i.get();
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::msgpack).sax_parse(input_format_t::msgpack, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in UBJSON format
@@ -26162,11 +26014,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in UBJSON format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -26181,11 +26030,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     template<typename T>
@@ -26208,11 +26054,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         auto ia = i.get();
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::ubjson).sax_parse(input_format_t::ubjson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BJData format
@@ -26226,11 +26069,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bjdata).sax_parse(input_format_t::bjdata, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bjdata).sax_parse(input_format_t::bjdata, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BJData format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -26245,11 +26085,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bjdata).sax_parse(input_format_t::bjdata, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bjdata).sax_parse(input_format_t::bjdata, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BSON format
@@ -26263,11 +26100,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// @brief create a JSON value from an input in BSON format (iterator pair, or iterator+sentinel pair for C++20 ranges support)
@@ -26282,11 +26116,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         basic_json result;
         auto ia = detail::input_adapter(std::move(first), std::move(last));
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
 
     template<typename T>
@@ -26309,11 +26140,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         auto ia = i.get();
         detail::json_sax_dom_parser<basic_json, decltype(ia)> sdp(result, allow_exceptions);
         // NOLINTNEXTLINE(hicpp-move-const-arg,performance-move-const-arg)
-        if (!binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict)) // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
+        const bool res = binary_reader<decltype(ia)>(std::move(ia), input_format_t::bson).sax_parse(input_format_t::bson, &sdp, strict); // cppcheck-suppress[accessMoved]
-        {
+        return res ? result : basic_json(value_t::discarded);
-            result = value_t::discarded;
-        }
-        return result;
     }
     /// @}
 
@@ -26539,6 +26367,36 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                 // note erase performs range check
                 parent.erase(json_pointer::template array_index<basic_json_t>(last_path));
             }
+            else
+            {
+                // the parent of a "remove" target must be an object or array
+                // (see #5396)
+                JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(413, detail::concat("cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type ", parent.type_name(), ", but must be an object or array"), &parent));
+            }
+        };
+
+        // RFC 6902 (section 4.4) forbids "from" from being a proper prefix
+        // of "path" for a "move" operation: a location cannot be moved into
+        // one of its own children. Compares reference tokens (already
+        // unescaped by json_pointer's parser) rather than the raw pointer
+        // strings, since a token may itself contain an escaped '/' or '~'
+        // that would defeat a naive string-prefix comparison. "from" equal
+        // to "path" is *not* a proper prefix and must return false.
+        const auto is_proper_prefix = [](const json_pointer & from, const json_pointer & to)
+        {
+            const auto from_size = from.reference_tokens.size();
+            if (from_size >= to.reference_tokens.size())
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < from_size; ++i)
+            {
+                if (!(from.reference_tokens[i] == to.reference_tokens[i]))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
         };
 
         // type check: top level value must be an array
@@ -26616,6 +26474,11 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
                     const auto from_path = get_value("move", "from", true).template get<string_t>();
                     json_pointer from_ptr(from_path);
 
+                    if (JSON_HEDLEY_UNLIKELY(is_proper_prefix(from_ptr, ptr)))
+                    {
+                        JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(414, detail::concat("cannot move value: 'from' path '", from_path, "' is a proper prefix of 'path' '", path, "'"), &result));
+                    }
+
                     // the "from" location must exist - use at()
                     basic_json const v = result.at(from_ptr);
 

tests/src/unit-bjdata.cpp

@@ -3288,10 +3288,8 @@ TEST_CASE("BJData")
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vR1), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 6: syntax error while parsing BJData size: ndarray dimensional vector is not allowed", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_bjdata(vR1, true, false).is_discarded());
 
-            // a dimension vector that opens another one is rejected where the
-            // nested '[' is read, rather than after it has been descended into
             std::vector<uint8_t> const vR2 = {'[', '$', 'i', '#', '[', '#', '[', 'i', 1, ']', ']', 1};
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vR2), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 7: syntax error while parsing BJData size: ndarray dimensional vector is not allowed", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vR2), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 11: syntax error while parsing BJData size: expected length type specification (U, i, u, I, m, l, M, L) after '#'; last byte: 0x5D", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_bjdata(vR2, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> const vR3 = {'[', '#', '[', 'i', '2', 'i', 2, ']'};
@@ -3299,7 +3297,7 @@ TEST_CASE("BJData")
             CHECK(json::from_bjdata(vR3, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> const vR4 = {'[', '$', 'i', '#', '[', '$', 'i', '#', '[', 'i', 1, ']', 1};
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vR4), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing BJData size: ndarray dimensional vector is not allowed", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vR4), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 14: syntax error while parsing BJData number: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_bjdata(vR4, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> const vR5 = {'[', '$', 'i', '#', '[', '[', '[', ']', ']', ']'};
@@ -3307,25 +3305,12 @@ TEST_CASE("BJData")
             CHECK(json::from_bjdata(vR5, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> const vR6 = {'[', '$', 'i', '#', '[', '$', 'i', '#', '[', 'i', '2', 'i', 2, ']'};
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vR6), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 9: syntax error while parsing BJData size: ndarray dimensional vector is not allowed", json::parse_error&);
+            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vR6), "[json.exception.parse_error.112] parse error at byte 14: syntax error while parsing BJData size: ndarray can not be recursive", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_bjdata(vR6, true, false).is_discarded());
 
             std::vector<uint8_t> const vH = {'[', 'H', '[', '#', '[', '$', 'i', '#', '[', 'i', '2', 'i', 2, ']'};
             CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vH), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing BJData size: ndarray dimensional vector is not allowed", json::parse_error&);
             CHECK(json::from_bjdata(vH, true, false).is_discarded());
-
-            // Every "#[" of this chain used to open another dimension vector
-            // and cost several stack frames before anything was rejected, so a
-            // long enough chain crashed the process (see #5104). The nested
-            // vector is refused where it is read, so the length is irrelevant.
-            std::vector<uint8_t> vRdeep = {'['};
-            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 100000; ++i)
-            {
-                vRdeep.push_back('#');
-                vRdeep.push_back('[');
-            }
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_bjdata(vRdeep), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 5: syntax error while parsing BJData size: ndarray dimensional vector is not allowed", json::parse_error&);
-            CHECK(json::from_bjdata(vRdeep, true, false).is_discarded());
         }
 
         SECTION("objects")

tests/src/unit-cbor.cpp

@@ -2035,58 +2035,6 @@ TEST_CASE("CBOR definite length equal to the indefinite-length sentinel")
     }
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("CBOR indefinite-length strings do not recurse per chunk")
-{
-    // Reading an indefinite-length string or byte array used to call itself
-    // once per chunk, so a payload of repeated 0x7F (or 0x5F) bytes exhausted
-    // the call stack before any of the input was rejected. The open levels are
-    // counted now, and the levels below prove the reader still reads the same
-    // values and reports the same errors at the same byte offsets.
-    json _;
-
-    SECTION("many open levels are reported, not crashed on")
-    {
-        const std::vector<uint8_t> input(200000, 0x7F);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 200001: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(input, true, false).is_discarded());
-    }
-
-    SECTION("many open levels are reported, not crashed on (binary)")
-    {
-        const std::vector<uint8_t> input(200000, 0x5F);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 200001: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(input, true, false).is_discarded());
-    }
-
-    SECTION("chunks are still concatenated")
-    {
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0xFF})) == json(""));
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x61, 0x61, 0xFF})) == json("a"));
-        // nested indefinite-length strings are concatenated across levels
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x7F, 0x61, 0x61, 0xFF, 0x61, 0x62, 0xFF})) == json("ab"));
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x7F, 0x7F, 0x61, 0x7A, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF})) == json("z"));
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0x7F, 0x61, 0x61, 0xFF, 0x01})) == json({{"a", 1}}));
-    }
-
-    SECTION("chunks are still concatenated (binary)")
-    {
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x41, 0x61, 0xFF})) == json::binary({0x61}));
-        CHECK(json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x5F, 0x41, 0x61, 0xFF, 0x41, 0x62, 0xFF})) == json::binary({0x61, 0x62}));
-    }
-
-    SECTION("a chunk that is not a string is still rejected")
-    {
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x7F, 0x7F, 0x00})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0x00", json::parse_error&);
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0x5F, 0x5F, 0x00})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 3: syntax error while parsing CBOR binary: expected length specification (0x40-0x5B) or indefinite binary array type (0x5F); last byte: 0x00", json::parse_error&);
-    }
-
-    SECTION("a break marker outside an indefinite-length string is not a string")
-    {
-        // 0xFF only closes a string that was opened; on its own it is not one
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_cbor(std::vector<uint8_t>({0xA1, 0xFF, 0x01})), "[json.exception.parse_error.113] parse error at byte 2: syntax error while parsing CBOR string: expected length specification (0x60-0x7B) or indefinite string type (0x7F); last byte: 0xFF", json::parse_error&);
-    }
-}
-
 TEST_CASE("CBOR roundtrips" * doctest::skip())
 {
     SECTION("input from flynn")

tests/src/unit-json_patch.cpp

@@ -1389,6 +1389,192 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON patch - add to a primitive parent (regression #4292)")
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("JSON patch - remove with primitive or null parent (regression #5396)")
+{
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5396
+    //
+    // RFC 6902 (§4.2) requires the target location of a "remove" operation
+    // to exist. When the target's parent resolves to a primitive value or
+    // null, the operation must fail. Previously operation_remove silently
+    // did nothing in this case (neither the "is_object" nor the "is_array"
+    // branch matched, and there was no final "else"), so the patch appeared
+    // to succeed without changing the document. It now throws
+    // out_of_range.413.
+
+    SECTION("parent is a primitive (number)")
+    {
+        json const doc = {{"a", 1}};
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "remove"}, {"path", "/a/b"}}};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.413] (/a) cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type number, but must be an object or array", json::out_of_range&);
+#else
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.413] cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type number, but must be an object or array", json::out_of_range&);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    SECTION("parent is a primitive (string)")
+    {
+        json const doc = {{"foo", {{"bar", "a string"}}}};
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "remove"}, {"path", "/foo/bar/baz"}}};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTICS
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.413] (/foo/bar) cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type string, but must be an object or array", json::out_of_range&);
+#else
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.413] cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type string, but must be an object or array", json::out_of_range&);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    SECTION("top-level document is null")
+    {
+        json const doc = nullptr;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "remove"}, {"path", "/a"}}};
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.413] cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type null, but must be an object or array", json::out_of_range&);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("legitimate removes still work")
+    {
+        // object member
+        json const doc1 = {{"a", 1}, {"b", 2}};
+        json const patch1 = {{{"op", "remove"}, {"path", "/a"}}};
+        CHECK(doc1.patch(patch1) == json({{"b", 2}}));
+
+        // array element
+        json const doc2 = R"([1, 2, 3])"_json;
+        json const patch2 = {{{"op", "remove"}, {"path", "/1"}}};
+        CHECK(doc2.patch(patch2) == R"([1, 3])"_json);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("JSON patch - move where 'from' is a proper prefix of 'path' (regression #5397)")
+{
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/5397
+    //
+    // RFC 6902 (§4.4) forbids "from" from being a proper prefix of "path"
+    // for a "move" operation: "a location cannot be moved into one of its
+    // children." "move" is implemented as remove-then-add; for an object
+    // target this happened to throw anyway as a side effect of the "add"
+    // step re-resolving through the now-removed parent, but for an array
+    // target the removal shifted subsequent indices, so "path" silently
+    // re-resolved to a different element and the operation "succeeded"
+    // with a corrupted result. It now throws out_of_range.414 for both
+    // object and array targets.
+
+    SECTION("array target (from the issue)")
+    {
+        json const doc = R"([[1,2],[3]])"_json;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/0"}, {"path", "/0/0"}}};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] (bytes 0-11) cannot move value: 'from' path '/0' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/0/0'", json::out_of_range&);
+#else
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] cannot move value: 'from' path '/0' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/0/0'", json::out_of_range&);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    SECTION("object target")
+    {
+        json const doc = R"({"a": {"b": 1}})"_json;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/a"}, {"path", "/a/b"}}};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] (bytes 0-15) cannot move value: 'from' path '/a' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/a/b'", json::out_of_range&);
+#else
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] cannot move value: 'from' path '/a' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/a/b'", json::out_of_range&);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    SECTION("from == path is not a proper prefix and must not be rejected")
+    {
+        // "from" equal to "path" is a no-op move; it is not a *proper*
+        // prefix relationship, so this new check must not reject it.
+        json const doc = R"({"a": 1, "b": 2})"_json;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/a"}, {"path", "/a"}}};
+        CHECK(doc.patch(patch) == doc);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("raw string prefix that is not a pointer-token prefix must be allowed")
+    {
+        // "/ab" is a string-prefix of "/abc/x" as raw text, but "ab" and
+        // "abc" are different reference tokens, so this is NOT a
+        // pointer-token prefix relationship and the move must succeed.
+        // This is the key case proving the check compares tokens, not
+        // raw pointer text (a naive std::string prefix/rfind check on
+        // the undecoded pointer would wrongly reject this).
+        json const doc = R"({"ab": 1, "abc": {"x": 2}})"_json;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/ab"}, {"path", "/abc/x"}}};
+        json const result = R"({"abc": {"x": 1}})"_json;
+        CHECK(doc.patch(patch) == result);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("escaped reference tokens are compared unescaped")
+    {
+        // "from" is the single token "a/b" (escaped as "a~1b"); "path"
+        // addresses member "x" of that same value, so "from" is a
+        // proper (token-level) prefix of "path" and must be rejected.
+        json const doc = R"({"a/b": {"x": 1}})"_json;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/a~1b"}, {"path", "/a~1b/x"}}};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] (bytes 0-17) cannot move value: 'from' path '/a~1b' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/a~1b/x'", json::out_of_range&);
+#else
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] cannot move value: 'from' path '/a~1b' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/a~1b/x'", json::out_of_range&);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    SECTION("ordinary valid moves still work")
+    {
+        // unrelated top-level members
+        json const doc1 = R"({"a": 1, "b": 2})"_json;
+        json const patch1 = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/a"}, {"path", "/c"}}};
+        CHECK(doc1.patch(patch1) == R"({"b": 2, "c": 1})"_json);
+
+        // sibling paths that share a textual prefix but are unrelated
+        json const doc2 = R"({"a": {"x": 1}, "b": {"y": 2}})"_json;
+        json const patch2 = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/a/x"}, {"path", "/b/z"}}};
+        CHECK(doc2.patch(patch2) == R"({"a": {}, "b": {"y": 2, "z": 1}})"_json);
+
+        // "path" is a proper prefix of "from" (the reverse relationship,
+        // which RFC 6902 does not forbid)
+        json const doc3 = R"({"a": {"b": 1}})"_json;
+        json const patch3 = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/a/b"}, {"path", "/a"}}};
+        CHECK(doc3.patch(patch3) == R"({"a": 1})"_json);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("root 'from' is a proper prefix of every non-root 'path'")
+    {
+        // the whole document is a proper prefix of any location inside it
+        json const doc = R"({"a": 1})"_json;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", ""}, {"path", "/a"}}};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] (bytes 0-8) cannot move value: 'from' path '' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/a'", json::out_of_range&);
+#else
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] cannot move value: 'from' path '' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/a'", json::out_of_range&);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    SECTION("root 'path' is never a proper prefix violation for a non-root 'from'")
+    {
+        // the reverse of the above: moving a non-root location to the root
+        // is the "path is a prefix of from" relationship, which RFC 6902
+        // permits (already covered generally above; this pins the root
+        // case specifically, since root is the one path with no reference
+        // tokens at all)
+        json const doc = R"({"a": {"b": 1}})"_json;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/a"}, {"path", ""}}};
+        CHECK(doc.patch(patch) == R"({"b": 1})"_json);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("the array-append token '-' is an ordinary child token")
+    {
+        // "-" (append-to-array) addresses a location *inside* the array,
+        // so "from" pointing at the array is still a proper prefix of
+        // "path" ending in "-" and must be rejected like any other child.
+        json const doc = R"({"a": [1, 2]})"_json;
+        json const patch = {{{"op", "move"}, {"from", "/a"}, {"path", "/a/-"}}};
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] (bytes 0-13) cannot move value: 'from' path '/a' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/a/-'", json::out_of_range&);
+#else
+        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(doc.patch(patch), "[json.exception.out_of_range.414] cannot move value: 'from' path '/a' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/a/-'", json::out_of_range&);
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("JSON patch - diff emits array removals in descending index order")
 {
     SECTION("array shrunk to empty")

tests/src/unit-ubjson.cpp

@@ -2149,67 +2149,6 @@ TEST_CASE("UBJSON")
     }
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("UBJSON optimized arrays of a valueless type are bounded")
-{
-    // An element of type 'Z', 'T' or 'F' is encoded by its marker alone, so an
-    // optimized array of one of those has no payload and the declared count is
-    // the only thing deciding how much is allocated. Ten bytes used to produce
-    // billions of values (#2793); every other type costs at least one byte per
-    // element and is bounded by the end of the input.
-    json _;
-
-    SECTION("an excessive count is rejected")
-    {
-        // 'l' is a big-endian int32: 0x7FFFFFFF elements, about 34 GB of value
-        for (const auto marker :
-                {'Z', 'T', 'F'
-                })
-        {
-            const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {'[', '$', static_cast<uint8_t>(marker), '#', 'l', 0x7F, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF};
-            CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_ubjson(input), "[json.exception.out_of_range.408] syntax error while parsing UBJSON size: excessive array size", json::out_of_range&);
-            CHECK(json::from_ubjson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
-        }
-    }
-
-    SECTION("ordinary counts are unaffected")
-    {
-        CHECK(json::from_ubjson(std::vector<uint8_t>({'[', '$', 'Z', '#', 'i', 3})) == json({nullptr, nullptr, nullptr}));
-        CHECK(json::from_ubjson(std::vector<uint8_t>({'[', '$', 'T', '#', 'i', 2})) == json({true, true}));
-        CHECK(json::from_ubjson(std::vector<uint8_t>({'[', '$', 'F', '#', 'i', 2})) == json({false, false}));
-        // 'N' is a no-op rather than a value, and still yields an empty array
-        CHECK(json::from_ubjson(std::vector<uint8_t>({'[', '$', 'N', '#', 'i', 2})) == json::array());
-    }
-
-    SECTION("a type with a payload is unaffected")
-    {
-        // A count past the limit is not rejected for 'U', which costs a byte
-        // per element and is bounded by the end of the input instead. The
-        // count is kept just past the limit rather than made huge, because a
-        // count that also exceeds the array's max_size() is reported as
-        // out_of_range before the input runs out, and max_size() depends on
-        // the width of std::size_t.
-        const std::vector<uint8_t> input = {'[', '$', 'U', '#', 'l', 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x01};
-        CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(_ = json::from_ubjson(input), "[json.exception.parse_error.110] parse error at byte 10: syntax error while parsing UBJSON number: unexpected end of input", json::parse_error&);
-        CHECK(json::from_ubjson(input, true, false).is_discarded());
-    }
-
-    SECTION("the writer stays within what the reader accepts")
-    {
-        // below the limit the optimized form is used and is tiny; above it the
-        // writer falls back so that the result can still be read back
-        json const at_limit(1048576, nullptr);
-        const auto v_at_limit = json::to_ubjson(at_limit, true, true);
-        CHECK(v_at_limit.size() == 9);
-        CHECK(v_at_limit.at(1) == '$');
-        CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v_at_limit) == at_limit);
-
-        json const above_limit(1048577, nullptr);
-        const auto v_above_limit = json::to_ubjson(above_limit, true, true);
-        CHECK(v_above_limit.at(1) != '$');
-        CHECK(json::from_ubjson(v_above_limit) == above_limit);
-    }
-}
-
 TEST_CASE("Universal Binary JSON Specification Examples 1")
 {
     SECTION("Null Value")