{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "4.51"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.80"
              }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "b8cb66c6839bbe1d7120600a79dedbbe5cc30e8a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5552a527abb648d9eb4134e91412800013ddecb9"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/rurban/cpanel-json-xs",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "CPANSec",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-407"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/110xxx/CVE-2026-110688.json"
  },
  "details": "Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.51 before 4.80 for Perl allow quadratic CPU use by revalidating the remaining buffer per value in incr_parse.\n\nAt the first non-ASCII byte in a string, the decoder validates UTF-8 from there to the end of its input. incr_parse decodes each buffered value with a fresh decoder, so every value revalidates the rest of the buffer, and doubling the input quadruples the work.\n\nA peer that sends about a megabyte of ordinary non-ASCII JSON in one read ties up the process for seconds of CPU time.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-110688",
  "modified": "2026-10-20T02:31:00.960095374Z",
  "published": "2026-10-19T18:12:25.276Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cpan.org/modules"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/110xxx/CVE-2026-110688.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/384309f6a297384e69c851b5d64e1c421d9b2dcc.patch"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.80/changes"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110688"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.51 before 4.80 for Perl allow quadratic CPU use by revalidating the remaining buffer per value in incr_parse"
}