PT-2026-35416 · Cpan · Text::Minify::Xs

Cpansec + 1 · CVE-2026-7040 · Published 2026-04-27 · Updated 2026-05-07

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Text::Minify::XS versions 0.3.0 through 0.7.7

Description A heap overflow occurs when processing certain malformed UTF-8 characters. The minify() function and its alias minify utf8() mishandle these characters, which leads to heap corruption.

Recommendations Update to version 0.7.8 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

CWE-176

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-7040

GHSA-JQHF-VV4H-77H2

Affected Products

Text::Minify::Xs

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/7xxx/CVE-2026-7040.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7040 · Security Note
• https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS/security/advisories/GHSA-jqhf-vv4h-77h2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-7040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/51943 · Telegram Post
• https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS · Note
• https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Text-Minify-XS-v0.7.8/changes · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/162472 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2048852178777882691 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/oss_security/status/2048950003641520587 · Twitter Post
• https://cpan.org/modules · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/5 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/161080 · Telegram Post