CVE-2026-7040

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-122, CWE-176

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