CVE-2026-124540
JSON::XS versions before 4.05 for Perl allow stack exhaustion via nested tagged values under allow_tags in decode_tag
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
JSON::XS versions before 4.05 for Perl allow stack exhaustion via nested tagged values under allow_tags in decode_tag. With allow_tags, "(" starts a tagged value. Its tag and value are decoded recursively, and each can start another tagged value. Unlike arrays and objects, this nesting is not counted against max_depth. A run of "(" bytes exhausts the C stack and triggers an uncatchable segmentation fault regardless of max_depth.
| CWE | CWE-674 |
| Published | Nov 14, 2026 |
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