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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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:35776a79be768bd9e7d094c65dfdc18c3a20f8e38b6e403fe15c528d90a808b3
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-122","description":"CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-176","description":"CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"collectionURL":"https://cpan.org/modules","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"Text-Minify-XS","product":"Text::Minify::XS","programFiles":["XS.xs"],"programRoutines":[{"name":"Text::Minify::XS::minify"},{"name":"Text::Minify::XS::minify_utf8"}],"repo":"https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS","vendor":"RRWO","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.7.8","status":"affected","version":"0.3.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-122","description":"CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-176","description":"CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/5"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/adp/1/references/0
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS/security/advisories/GHSA-jqhf-vv4h-77h2"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Text-Minify-XS-v0.7.8/changes"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1950e8d3026b65c286720b1cc9bf3a352f451344ce1e49a37585737a718f4bcd · sha256:244016d51b4685b4… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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