diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/utils/cJSON/cJSON.c b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/utils/cJSON/cJSON.c
index 5da278ee2b04d..7473ad788341c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/utils/cJSON/cJSON.c
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/native/container-executor/impl/utils/cJSON/cJSON.c
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InsertItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newit
 {
     cJSON *after_inserted = NULL;
 
-    if (which < 0)
+    if (which < 0 || newitem == NULL)
     {
         return;
     }
@@ -2154,6 +2154,11 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_InsertItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newit
         return;
     }
 
+    if (after_inserted != array->child && newitem->prev == NULL) {
+        /* return false if after_inserted is a corrupted array item */
+        return false;
+    }
+
     newitem->next = after_inserted;
     newitem->prev = after_inserted->prev;
     after_inserted->prev = newitem;