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Mageia Perl JavaScript Minifier Important Memory Leak Fix 2026-0283

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2026
Scroller Mageia
Critical security advisory for Mageia addressing multiple vulnerabilities in perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS with memory issues.
Security update

Summary

Description: The updated package fixes security vulnerabilities: JavaScript::Minifier::XS versions before 0.16 for Perl crash with a NULL pointer dereference when the first meaningful token of the input is a slash. (CVE-2026-56017) JavaScript::Minifier::XS versions before 0.16 for Perl leak memory on every call to minify(), allowing unbounded memory growth. (CVE-2026-56018)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35780

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/16

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/29/17

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/message/JRQ3MRFSD4VDM6LUSDFWM5CGXIVDZXIV/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56017

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56018

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical memory leak null pointer Mageia perl-javascript-minifier-xs

Resolution

SRPMS

- 10/core/perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS-0.160.0-1.mga10

- 9/core/perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS-0.160.0-1.mga9

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Publication date: 20 Jul 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0283.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-56017, CVE-2026-56018

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical memory leak null pointer Mageia perl-javascript-minifier-xs

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