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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-56018 EUVD-2026-40182GHSA-fvxv-8c37-qrc6

JavaScript::Minifier::XS versions before 0.16 for Perl leak memory on every call to minify(), allowing unbounded memory growth

Published Jun 29, 2026 · Updated Jun 29, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

JavaScript::Minifier::XS versions before 0.16 for Perl leak memory on every call to minify(), allowing unbounded memory growth.

In JsMinify (XS.xs) the cleanup frees only the NodeSet structures and never the per-token contents buffers allocated in JsSetNodeContents; JsDiscardNode unlinks nodes without freeing their contents. Each token's contents buffer is therefore leaked on every call, and the two early returns taken when the node list is empty leak the whole NodeSet.

A long-lived process that minifies repeatedly, such as an asset pipeline or a server-side minifier endpoint, grows in memory without bound until it exhausts available memory and is killed, causing denial of service.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GTERMARS JavaScript::Minifier::XS < 0.16 0.16

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl 0.16-1 —
Debian 13 libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
Debian 12 libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libjavascript-minifier-xs-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS 0.160.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11158-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 perl-javascript-minifier-xs 0.16-r0 —

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