CVE-2026-7040

Text::Minify::XS versions from 0.3.0 before 0.7.8 for Perl have a heap overflow when processing some malformed UTF-8 characters. The minify functions mishandled some malformed UTF-8 characters, leading to heap corruption. Note that the minify_utf8 function is an alias for minify.

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWEs

CWE-122, CWE-176

Published

2026-04-27

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• rrwo:text\

References

• https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS/security/advisories/GHSA-jqhf-vv4h-77h2
• https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Text-Minify-XS-v0.7.8/changes
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/5

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