{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rurban:cpanel\\:\\:json\\:\\:xs:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.41"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "CPE_RANGE",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "31eb47f3fe81fc1558052c697cbfeef6fd5facfb"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "dfe1b41a36caba51dc12a2917fe50285d1ffaa7b"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/rurban/cpanel-json-xs",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "CPANSec",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-755",
      "CWE-763"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/9xxx/CVE-2026-9516.json"
  },
  "details": "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.\n\nTo 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.\n\nWhen 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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-9516",
  "modified": "2026-07-15T01:49:05.958442046Z",
  "published": "2026-06-03T00:15:51.685Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cpan.org/modules"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/9xxx/CVE-2026-9516.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.41/changes"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9516"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/dfe1b41a36caba51dc12a2917fe50285d1ffaa7b.patch"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "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"
}