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CVE-2026-7040: RRWO Text::Minify::XS · Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

Affects RRWO Text::Minify::XSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 0.7.8 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 37% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Text::Minify::XS and Text-Minify-XS to 0.7.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
RRWOText::Minify::XSAffected
  • >=0.3.0 <0.7.8
Fixed in
  • 0.7.8
GitHubText-Minify-XSpkg:github/Text-Minify-XSOther threatsAffected
  • >=0.3.0 <0.7.8
Fixed in
  • 0.7.8

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, users should avoid processing untrusted or malformed UTF-8 input with the affected versions of Text::Minify::XS. Monitoring for updates from the RRWO project or CPAN security advisories is recommended.

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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