CVE-2025-40929 Affecting libcpanel-json-xs-perl package, versions <4.39-2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-LIBCPANELJSONXSPERL-15742304
  • published21 Mar 2026
  • disclosed8 Sept 2025

Introduced: 8 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-40929  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:25.10 libcpanel-json-xs-perl to version 4.39-2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:25.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1