BSON::XS versions 0.8.4 and earlier for Perl includes a bundled libbson 1.1.7, which has several vulnerabilities

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    "title": "BSON::XS versions 0.8.4 and earlier for Perl includes a bundled libbson 1.1.7, which has several vulnerabilities",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/40xxx/CVE-2025-40906.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40906",
        "https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-perl-driver-end-of-life/7890",
        "https://github.com/mongodb-labs/mongo-perl-bson-xs",
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