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CVE-2025-40928VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE · security update for perl-JSON-XS

Affects SUSESource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-40928· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 51% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
SUSE Product Security Team SUSEAffected
  • >=4.03-5.el9_4.1
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update to fix this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder 9.4 Extended Update Support versions should apply the provided update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:17430. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A moderate severity integer buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2025-40928) exists in the perl-JSON-XS module used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. The flaw causes a segmentation fault when parsing crafted JSON data, potentially leading to application crashes. Red Hat has released a security update to address this issue for affected versions of the CodeReady Linux Builder across multiple architectures. Users should apply the update to remediate the vulnerability.

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