CVE-2026-9516
Description
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Cpanel::JSON::XS versions before 4.41 for Perl allow denial of service via UTF-8 BOM prefixed input when a decode filter callback throws.
To skip a leading 3-byte UTF-8 BOM, decode_json() advances the input scalar's string pointer past the mark with SvPV_set() and restores it only on the normal return path. When decoding aborts through a Perl exception, for example a filter_json_object callback that croaks, the restore is skipped and the scalar is left with its string pointer offset into its own buffer and a shortened length.
When that scalar is later freed, the allocator receives an invalid pointer and the interpreter aborts. A single BOM prefixed document decoded with a throwing filter callback crashes any caller.
755
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Other
Potential Impacts:
Other
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
763
Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Availability
Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Modify Memory
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Memory-Unsafe, C, C++
https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/dfe1b41a36caba51dc12a2917fe5028…
https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.41/changes