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CVE-2026-7040Disclosure(rrwo / text\)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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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Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-122CWE-176

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

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Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-04-27); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
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Products
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1 version affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-27: 1Mentions · 2026-04-28: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-27: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-28: 104-2704-28
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • Open Source Security mailing list@oss_security
    Disclosure

    Perl CPAN CVE-2026-7040: Text::Minify::XS from v0.3.0 before v0.7.8 have heap overflow when processing some malformed UTF-8 characters https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/5

    Post summary

    The post announces a heap overflow vulnerability in Text::Minify::XS (v0.3.0 to v0.7.7) triggered by malformed UTF‑8, but does not provide PoC code, exploit details, active exploitation evidence, or patch information.

    00030364
    4.7K followersView on X
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-7040 Text::Minify::XS versions from v0.3.0 before v0.7.8 for Perl have a heap overflow when processing some malformed UTF-8 characters. The minify functions mishandled some… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7040

    Post summary

    A new heap overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-7040) affecting Text::Minify::XS (v0.3.0 to v0.7.8) is disclosed, detailing how malformed UTF-8 characters trigger the overflow.

    0000093
    57.3K followersView on X
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