CVE-2026-110688

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-110688
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-110688.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-110688
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
Published
2026-10-19T18:12:25Z
Modified
2026-11-01T17:27:54Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.51 before 4.80 for Perl allow quadratic CPU use by revalidating the remaining buffer per value in incr_parse
Details

Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.51 before 4.80 for Perl allow quadratic CPU use by revalidating the remaining buffer per value in incr_parse.

At the first non-ASCII byte in a string, the decoder validates UTF-8 from there to the end of its input. incr_parse decodes each buffered value with a fresh decoder, so every value revalidates the rest of the buffer, and doubling the input quadruples the work.

A peer that sends about a megabyte of ordinary non-ASCII JSON in one read ties up the process for seconds of CPU time.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "CPANSec",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-407"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/110xxx/CVE-2026-110688.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/rurban/cpanel-json-xs

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/rurban/cpanel-json-xs
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "4.51"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "4.80"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StandardRange"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "384309f6a297384e69c851b5d64e1c421d9b2dcc"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

4.*
4.51
4.52
4.53

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-110688.json"