Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-110682 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-110682 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-110682?
- Informational severity, published 19 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- cPanel JSON::XS 4.42 before 4.80.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-110682?
- Yes: fixed in 4.80. Until then: Explicitly enable allow_nonref only when top-level bare scalars are actually expected in the JSON stream; otherwise, upgrade to 4.80 or later.</anigation> <parameter name="timeline">[{"kind":"disclosed", "at":"2026-10-19"}, {"kind":"patched", "at":"2026-10-14", "note":"Commit f632d6690d82c14cd2d76d648805325201c52b83"}] Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-110682 attacked?
- It is attacked from the adjacent network or over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-110682?
- Check whether you run cPanel JSON::XS at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 4.80
Explicitly enable allow_nonref only when top-level bare scalars are actually expected in the JSON stream; otherwise, upgrade to 4.80 or later.</anigation> <parameter name="timeline">[{"kind":"disclosed", "at":"2026-10-19"}, {"kind":"patched", "at":"2026-10-14", "note":"Commit f632d6690d82c14cd2d76d648805325201c52b83"}]
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in incr_parse when allow_nonref is enabled (default since 4.42). Top-level numbers, true, false, or null lack closing delimiters, so their decoding depends on input chunking boundaries. The bytes "12" decode as a single value when read together but as two separate values (1 and 2) when split across two reads. A peer controlling read boundaries can thus alter the stream interpretation. The fix requires explicit allow_nonref to be set before incr_parse will accept bare scalars.
Affected products
- Cpanel JSON::XS 4.42 before 4.80