CVE-2026-110676 Affecting libcpanel-json-xs-perl package, versions <4.80-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBCPANELJSONXSPERL-21249303
  • published20 Oct 2026
  • disclosed19 Oct 2026

Introduced: 19 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-110676  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 libcpanel-json-xs-perl to version 4.80-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcpanel-json-xs-perl package and not the libcpanel-json-xs-perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cpanel::JSON::XS versions before 4.80 for Perl allow memory exhaustion by encoding exponent notation as full decimal digits under allow_bignum.

With allow_bignum, a JSON number with a fraction or exponent decodes to a Math::BigFloat, which stores the exponent separately and so decodes cheaply. Encoding it untyped or as JSON_TYPE_FLOAT writes the plain decimal form with one digit per unit of exponent. Nothing bounds the exponent, so the 12-byte text [1e30000000] encodes to 30 MB.

Untrusted JSON decoded with allow_bignum and encoded again can exhaust memory and CPU.