CVE-2026-110685

Publication date 19 October 2026

Last updated 13 November 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Cpanel::JSON::XS versions before 4.80 for Perl leak the decoded arguments of a tagged value when its THAW method dies in decode_tag. With allow_tags, a tagged value's class name and argument array are decoded and passed to the class's THAW method. Both are released only after THAW returns, so a THAW that dies leaves the whole decoded argument structure allocated. Each rejected document leaks data of a size the sender chooses, so a process that catches the error and keeps running exhausts its memory.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libcpanel-json-xs-perl 26.10 stonking
Vulnerable
26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libcpanel-json-xs-perl

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.1 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H


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