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Alpine: multiple perl-cpanel-json-xs packages: security update to 4.40-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435248

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Cpanel::JSON::XS before version 4.40 for Perl has an integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when
 parsing crafted JSON, enabling denial-of-service attacks or other unspecified impact (CVE-2025-40929)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-40929

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435248

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Published: 9/10/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40929

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40929