SUSE SLES15 Security Update : perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS (SUSE-SU-2026:2782-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326012

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2782-1 advisory.

This update for perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-9334: type confusion via duplicate object keys when `dupkeys_as_arrayref` is enabled (bsc#1267546).
- CVE-2026-9516: denial of service via UTF-8 BOM prefixed input when a decode filter callback throws (bsc#1267547).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326012

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2782-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.44

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-9334

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-cpanel-json-xs, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-9334, CVE-2026-9516

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2782-1

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