Description
Mojolicious is a real-time web framework for Perl. Prior to 9.47, the pure-Perl implementation of Mojo::JSON does not limit nesting depth when Cpanel::JSON::XS is unavailable or MOJO_NO_JSON_XS is enabled. An attacker who can supply untrusted JSON to decode_json, from_json, or j can submit deeply nested arrays or objects, causing unbounded recursion, memory exhaustion, and a process crash. Applications using the Cpanel::JSON::XS backend are not affected because that backend already enforces a nesting limit. This issue is fixed in version 9.47.
Published: 2026-09-18
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Description Mojolicious is a real-time web framework for Perl. Prior to 9.47, the pure-Perl implementation of Mojo::JSON does not limit nesting depth when Cpanel::JSON::XS is unavailable or MOJO_NO_JSON_XS is enabled. An attacker who can supply untrusted JSON to decode_json, from_json, or j can submit deeply nested arrays or objects, causing unbounded recursion, memory exhaustion, and a process crash. Applications using the Cpanel::JSON::XS backend are not affected because that backend already enforces a nesting limit. This issue is fixed in version 9.47.
Title Mojolicious pure-Perl Mojo::JSON decoder allows memory exhaustion via deeply nested data
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T16:07:27.117Z

Reserved: 2026-07-31T21:04:04.040Z

Link: CVE-2026-68914

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-18T16:17:08.897

Modified: 2026-09-18T16:17:08.897

Link: CVE-2026-68914

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-674

    Uncontrolled Recursion