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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...

HIGH CVSS 7.5

Published: April 27, 2026 | Last Modified: April 27, 2026

Description

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 malformed UTF-8 characters, leading to heap corruption. Note that the minify_utf8 function is an alias for minnify.

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