Fedora 43 : perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS (2026-629b796808)

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-629b796808 advisory. 0.16 bump - Fix CVE-2026-56017 and CVE-2026-56018 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory...

SUSE CVE-2026-56017

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. The regexp versus division disambiguator in JsTokenizeString XS.xs inspects the previous token's last byte to choose between a regexp literal and a...

CVE-2026-56018

A flaw was found in JavaScript::Minifier::XS. Repeated calls to the minify function can lead to a memory leak, causing unbounded memory growth. This can result in the affected process consuming all available memory, leading to its termination and a Denial of Service DoS for users of the component...

CVE-2026-56017

A flaw was found in JavaScript::Minifier::XS. A remote attacker could exploit a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability by providing a specially crafted JavaScript input where the first meaningful token is a slash. This flaw can lead to a denial of service, crashing the process that minifies...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-56018

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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 free...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11158-1 perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS-0.160.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS-0.160.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed...

CVE-2026-56018

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 withou...

CVE-2026-56017 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

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. The regexp versus division disambiguator in JsTokenizeString XS.xs inspects the previous token's last byte to choose between a regexp literal and a...

CVE-2026-56017

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. The regexp versus division disambiguator in JsTokenizeString XS.xs inspects the previous token's last byte to choose between a regexp literal and a...

CVE-2026-56017

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. The regexp versus division disambiguator in JsTokenizeString XS.xs inspects the previous token's last byte to choose between a regexp literal and a...

CVE-2026-56018: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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 withou...

CVE-2026-56017: NULL Pointer Dereference

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. The regexp versus division disambiguator in JsTokenizeString XS.xs inspects the previous token's last byte to choose between a regexp literal and a...