| Name | CVE-2025-40929 |
| Description | Cpanel::JSON::XS before version 4.40 for Perl has an integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when parsing crafted JSON, enabling denial-of-service attacks or other unspecified impact |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libcpanel-json-xs-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 4.25-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.35-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, trixie | 4.39-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 4.39-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/32608920/
Fixed by: https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/378236219eaa35742c3962ecbdee364903b0a1f2 (4.40)