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CVE-2026-7040

Published: Apr 27, 2026Updated: May 7, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-122
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-122CWE-176

Affected Products

RRWO
aka crypt::saltedhash, net::cidr::set
Text::Minify::XSLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
text\Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

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