CVE-2026-7040

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability—

ProductRrwo Text\

PublishedApr 27, 2026

First seenApr 27, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-176CWE-176 CWE-122CWE-122

How to fix

Update

rrwo text\0.7.8 or later

Vendor advisories

github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS/security/advisories/GHSA-jqhf-vv4h-77h2
metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Text-Minify-XS-v0.7.8/changes

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
rrwo text\	0.3.0 ≤ v < 0.7.8	0.7.8

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