CVE record · CVE-2026-110685

Cpanel::JSON::XS versions before 4.80 for Perl leak the decoded arguments of a tagged value when its THAW method dies in decode_tag

CVSS 9.1 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0051 · 43rd percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.1: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: CPANSec) at 19 Oct 2026, 18:12 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Not given Not given Package name: Cpanel-JSON-XS https://cpan.org/modules pkg:cpan/Cpanel-JSON-XS
  • affected before 4.80 custom
Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-110685
CNA
CPANSec
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-401
Published
19 Oct 2026
Updated
29 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.1 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0051, the 43rd percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 19 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.