vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7749-1 (CVE-2025-40929): Cpanel-JSON-XS vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 8, 2025 | Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 17, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 8, 2025
Added
Sep 16, 2025
Modified
Sep 17, 2025
Description
It was discovered that Cpanel-JSON-XS incorrectly handled parsing certain
JSON data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Cpanel-JSON-XS to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-libcpanel-json-xs-perl
References
- CVE-2025-40929
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-40929
- CWE-122
- UBUNTU-USN-7749-1
- URL-https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/378236219eaa35742c3962ecbdee364903b0a1f2.patch
- URL-https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/32608920/
- URL-https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.39/source/XS.xs#L713
- URL-https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.40/changes
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7749-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40929
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