canonical sorts keys by UTF-16 code units. When any key in a hash is UTF-8 flagged, every key is decoded as UTF-8 for the comparison, including byte-string keys that the encoder writes out as Latin-1 characters. A byte-string key whose bytes are valid UTF-8 is sorted out of order, and two keys that encode differently can compare equal and are left in hash order.
The same data can encode to different canonical documents across processes.
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Vendor Solution
Upgrade to Cpanel-JSON-XS 4.80 or later.
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.43 before 4.80 for Perl misorder byte-string keys during canonical encoding in utf16_cmp. canonical sorts keys by UTF-16 code units. When any key in a hash is UTF-8 flagged, every key is decoded as UTF-8 for the comparison, including byte-string keys that the encoder writes out as Latin-1 characters. A byte-string key whose bytes are valid UTF-8 is sorted out of order, and two keys that encode differently can compare equal and are left in hash order. The same data can encode to different canonical documents across processes. | |
| Title | Cpanel::JSON::XS versions from 4.43 before 4.80 for Perl misorder byte-string keys during canonical encoding in utf16_cmp | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-176 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-19T18:12:22.028Z
Reserved: 2026-10-14T13:27:15.271Z
Link: CVE-2026-110687
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-19T19:17:22.307
Modified: 2026-10-19T19:17:22.307
Link: CVE-2026-110687
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-19T19:30:02Z