Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.28 before 4.80 for Perl leak the array collecting duplicate key values under dupkeys_as_arrayref in decode_hv
Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.28 before 4.80 for Perl leak the array collecting duplicate key values under dupkeys_as_arrayref in decode_hv. With dupkeys_as_arrayref, the values of a duplicate object key are collected into a new array. An extra reference is never released, so the array and every value in it outlive the decoded structure. The array also leaks when decoding fails after a duplicate key. Repeatedly decoding untrusted JSON with a duplicate key holding a large value exhausts process memory.
CVE-2026-110677
Primary source · Revision 1
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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-110677
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"repo": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS",
"modules": [
"Cpanel::JSON::XS"
],
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.28",
"lessThan": "4.80",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:cpan/Cpanel-JSON-XS",
"packageName": "Cpanel-JSON-XS",
"programFiles": [
"XS.xs"
],
"collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"programRoutines": [
{
"name": "decode_hv"
}
]
}
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