CVE-2026-7040

HIGH 7.5

Text::Minify::XS versions from 0.3.0 before 0.7.8 for Perl have heap overflow when processing some malformed UTF-8 characters

CVSS Score

7.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

11th

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.

CWE	CWE-176 CWE-122
Vendor	rrwo
Product	text::minify::xs
Published	Apr 27, 2026
Last Updated	May 1, 2026

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Affected Versions

RRWO / Text::Minify::XS

0.3.0 < 0.7.8

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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

Credits

CPANSec