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            "category": "description",
            "text": "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.",
            "title": "Vulnerability Description"
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            "category": "self",
            "summary": "CPANSA-Cpanel-JSON-XS-2026-110688 JSON",
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-cpanel-json-xs-2026-110688.json"
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         {
            "category": "external",
            "summary": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/384309f6a297384e69c851b5d64e1c421d9b2dcc.patch",
            "url": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/384309f6a297384e69c851b5d64e1c421d9b2dcc.patch"
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            "category": "external",
            "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.80/changes",
            "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.80/changes"
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            "summary": "CVE-2026-110688 (NVD)",
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               "date": "2026-10-19T00:00:00",
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               "category": "description",
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