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         {
            "category": "description",
            "text": "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.  To 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.  When 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.",
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            "summary": "CPANSA-Cpanel-JSON-XS-2026-9516 JSON",
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-cpanel-json-xs-2026-9516.json"
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         {
            "category": "external",
            "summary": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/dfe1b41a36caba51dc12a2917fe50285d1ffaa7b.patch",
            "url": "https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/dfe1b41a36caba51dc12a2917fe50285d1ffaa7b.patch"
         },
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            "category": "external",
            "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.41/changes",
            "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.41/changes"
         },
         {
            "category": "external",
            "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/5",
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/5"
         },
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            "summary": "CVE-2026-9516 (NVD)",
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         "revision_history": [
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               "date": "2026-06-03T00:00:00",
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               "summary": "First release"
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            "name": "Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions"
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            {
               "category": "description",
               "text": "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.",
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