HIGH 7.5 Microsoft
CVE-2025-40928
JSON::XS before version 4.04 for Perl has an integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when parsing crafted JSON, enabling denial-of-service attacks or other unspecified impact
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Sep: JSON::XS before version 4.04 for Perl has an integer buffer overflow causing a segfault when parsing crafted JSON, enabling denial-of-service attacks or other unspecified impact
Affected Products
- cbl2 perl-JSON-XS 4.03-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- azl3 perl-JSON-XS 4.03-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40928
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40928
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 was published on 2025-09-09 via Microsoft. Affected: cbl2 perl-JSON-XS 4.03-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 perl-JSON-XS 4.03-2 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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