CVE-2026-9334
Description
AI Translation Available
Cpanel::JSON::XS versions before 4.41 for Perl allow type confusion via duplicate object keys when dupkeys_as_arrayref is enabled.
decode_hv() collapses duplicate object keys into an array reference under dupkeys_as_arrayref. The branch reached for a duplicate key tests `SvTYPE (old_value) != SVt_RV && SvTYPE (SvRV (old_value)) != SVt_PVAV`, which evaluates SvRV(old_value) before establishing that old_value is a reference. When the existing value is a plain scalar rather than an array reference, a non-reference scalar is dereferenced as a reference.
A caller decoding untrusted JSON with dupkeys_as_arrayref enabled is crashed, and the incompatible access follows a pointer taken from attacker controlled scalar contents.
843
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Integrity
Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Read Memory
Modify Memory
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
C, C++
https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/11a7c550a0d8fac2f84414f24d5df9b…
https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.41/changes