CVE-2026-124541
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CVE-2026-124541 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. JSON::XS versions before 4.05 for Perl leak the decoded part of a rejected long string in decode_str. A string is decoded through a fixed-size buffer (16 KiB in 4.04), and each time the buffer fills its contents move into a new scalar. Nothing frees that scalar when the string is then rejected for a control character, an invalid escape, malformed UTF-8 or the end of the input. A process that keeps running after a failed decode retains the decoded part of each rejected string, with its size chosen by the sender.
Description
JSON::XS versions before 4.05 for Perl leak the decoded part of a rejected long string in decode_str. A string is decoded through a fixed-size buffer (16 KiB in 4.04), and each time the buffer fills its contents move into a new scalar. Nothing frees that scalar when the string is then rejected for a control character, an invalid escape, malformed UTF-8 or the end of the input. A process that keeps running after a failed decode retains the decoded part of each rejected string, with its size chosen by the sender. Repeated requests exhaust process memory.
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | < 4.05 |
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