CPANSA-JSON-SIMD-2026-110682: JSON-SIMD vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-10-19T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-10-19T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 7.5 Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.42 before 4.80 for Perl let input chunking change the decoded value of top-level numbers in incr_parse. allow_nonref is enabled by default and incr_parse inherits it. A top-level number, true, false or null has no closing delimiter, so the incremental parser decodes whatever has arrived. The bytes 12 decode as one value when read together, but as 1 and then 2 when split across two reads. A peer that can influence read boundaries can change how many messages a stream consumer decodes and what values they carry.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-110682

Vulnerability Description

Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.42 before 4.80 for Perl let input chunking change the decoded value of top-level numbers in incr_parse.

allow_nonref is enabled by default and incr_parse inherits it. A top-level number, true, false or null has no closing delimiter, so the incremental parser decodes whatever has arrived. The bytes 12 decode as one value when read together, but as 1 and then 2 when split across two reads.

A peer that can influence read boundaries can change how many messages a stream consumer decodes and what values they carry.

Weakness CWE-436 : Interpretation Conflict

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
JSON-SIMD less than 1.08
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 7.5 High
Fixed

giterlizzi

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gdt@cpan.org

References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 2026 First release

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