{"id":"CVE-2026-110674","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.33 before 4.80 for Perl miss duplicate non-ASCII bare keys, allowing type confusion under dupkeys_as_arrayref in decode_hv","description":"Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.33 before 4.80 for Perl miss duplicate non-ASCII bare keys, allowing type confusion under dupkeys_as_arrayref in decode_hv.\n\nWith allow_barekey, which relaxed enables, a bare key containing a non-ASCII byte is stored as UTF-8 but looked up as raw bytes, so a repeated key escapes the duplicate-key check and replaces the earlier value.\n\nFrom 4.41, under dupkeys_as_arrayref, a bare repeat replaces the array that collects a key's values with a plain value, and the next quoted repeat pushes onto that value as if it were an array. A JSON integer there is dereferenced as a pointer.\n\nUntrusted JSON decoded with relaxed and dupkeys_as_arrayref can crash the process or dereference an address chosen by a JSON number.","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T18:11:25.890Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-29T16:35:40.051Z","severity":{"score":6.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"CPANSec","products":["Cpanel-JSON-XS"],"affected":[{"packageName":"Cpanel-JSON-XS","packageURL":"pkg:cpan/Cpanel-JSON-XS","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"4.33","status":"affected","lessThan":"4.80","versionType":"custom"}],"collectionURL":"https://cpan.org/modules","modules":["Cpanel::JSON::XS"],"programFiles":["XS.xs"],"programRoutines":[{"name":"decode_hv"}],"repo":"https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS"}],"references":["https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/c52037857d6a99d96ebd1ce3e2fa769505f028cf.patch","https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.80/changes","https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9334"],"weaknesses":["CWE-843","CWE-176"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:10:33.477Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/110xxx/CVE-2026-110674.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-110674","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-19T18:11:25.890Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-29T16:35:40.051Z","assignerShortName":"CPANSec","assignerOrgId":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","dateReserved":"2026-10-14T13:23:26.098Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.33 before 4.80 for Perl miss duplicate non-ASCII bare keys, allowing type confusion under dupkeys_as_arrayref in decode_hv","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.33 before 4.80 for Perl miss duplicate non-ASCII bare keys, allowing type confusion under dupkeys_as_arrayref in decode_hv.\n\nWith allow_barekey, which relaxed enables, a bare key containing a non-ASCII byte is stored as UTF-8 but looked up as raw bytes, so a repeated key escapes the duplicate-key check and replaces the earlier value.\n\nFrom 4.41, under dupkeys_as_arrayref, a bare repeat replaces the array that collects a key's values with a plain value, and the next quoted repeat pushes onto that value as if it were an array. A JSON integer there is dereferenced as a pointer.\n\nUntrusted JSON decoded with relaxed and dupkeys_as_arrayref can crash the process or dereference an address chosen by a JSON number."}],"affected":[{"packageName":"Cpanel-JSON-XS","packageURL":"pkg:cpan/Cpanel-JSON-XS","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"4.33","status":"affected","lessThan":"4.80","versionType":"custom"}],"collectionURL":"https://cpan.org/modules","modules":["Cpanel::JSON::XS"],"programFiles":["XS.xs"],"programRoutines":[{"name":"decode_hv"}],"repo":"https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/c52037857d6a99d96ebd1ce3e2fa769505f028cf.patch","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.80/changes","tags":["release-notes"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9334","tags":["related"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-843","description":"CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]},{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-176","description":"CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CPANSec","orgId":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T18:11:25.890Z"},"solutions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Upgrade to Cpanel-JSON-XS 4.80 or later."}],"source":{"discovery":"UNKNOWN"},"timeline":[{"lang":"en","time":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","value":"Version 4.80 released with fix."}],"x_generator":{"engine":"cpansec-cna-tool 0.1"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":6.5,"attackVector":"NETWORK","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","integrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-10-29T16:35:20.066477Z","id":"CVE-2026-110674","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-10-29T16:35:40.051Z"}}]}}}