Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 19, 2026· Updated Oct 19, 2026
CVE-2026-110677
CVE-2026-110677
Description
Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.28 before 4.80 for Perl leak the array collecting duplicate key values under dupkeys_as_arrayref in decode_hv.
With dupkeys_as_arrayref, the values of a duplicate object key are collected into a new array. An extra reference is never released, so the array and every value in it outlive the decoded structure. The array also leaks when decoding fails after a duplicate key.
Repeatedly decoding untrusted JSON with a duplicate key holding a large value exhausts process memory.
Affected products
2- Range: <4.80
- Range: <4.80
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2News mentions
1- Cpanel::JSON::XS: Batch of 14 Vulnerabilities Affecting Parsing and Encoding DisclosedVypr Intelligence · Oct 19, 2026