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CVE-2022-48623

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The Cpanel::JSON::XS package before 4.33 for Perl performs out-of-bounds accesses in a way that allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service.

Affected products

• RURBAN Cpanel::Json::Xs: before 4.33 — fixed in 4.33

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RURBAN Cpanel::Json::Xs 4.33. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/briandfoy/cpan-security-advisory/blob/9374f98bef51e1ae887f293234050551c079776f/cpansa/CPANSA-Cpanel-JSON-XS.yml#L25-L36
• https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/41f32396eee9395a40f9ed80145c37622560de9b
• https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/issues/208
• https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.33/changes
• https://github.com/briandfoy/cpan-security-advisory/blob/9374f98bef51e1ae887f293234050551c079776f/cpansa/CPANSA-Cpanel-JSON-XS.yml#L25-L36
• https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/commit/41f32396eee9395a40f9ed80145c37622560de9b
• https://github.com/rurban/Cpanel-JSON-XS/issues/208
• https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.33/changes

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