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CVE-2026-7040

30
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: Apr 27, 2026Last modified: May 1, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.3.0, < 0.7.8CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:rrwo:text\:\:minify\:\:xs:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 14th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / robrwo/Text-Minify-XS/security/advisories/GHSA-jqhf-vv4h-77h2
Third Party Advisory
metacpan.org / release/RRWO/Text-Minify-XS-v0.7.8/changes
ProductRelease Notes
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory