CVE-2026-110685

critical

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.

References

https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.80/changes

https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/9ab010221c069a7af9ef7463454ecd3b8ace9c58.patch

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-104564

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-19

Updated: 2026-10-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00171