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Mojolicious pure-Perl Mojo::JSON decoder allows memory exhaustion via deeply nested data

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

Mojolicious is a real-time web framework for Perl. Prior to 9.47, the pure-Perl implementation of Mojo::JSON does not limit nesting depth when Cpanel::JSON::XS is unavailable or MOJO_NO_JSON_XS is enabled. An attacker who can supply untrusted JSON to decode_json, from_json, or j can submit deeply nested arrays or objects, causing unbounded recursion, memory exhaustion, and a process crash. Applications using the Cpanel::JSON::XS backend are not affected because that backend already enforces a nesting limit. This issue is fixed in version 9.47.

Announced Source revision 1
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CVE-2026-68914

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: osv:CVE-2026-68914

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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