CPANSA-HarfBuzz-Shaper-2026-0943: HarfBuzz-Shaper vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-01-19T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-01-19T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 7.5 Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

HarfBuzz::Shaper versions before 0.032 for Perl contains a bundled library with a null pointer dereference vulnerability.  Versions before 0.032 contain HarfBuzz 8.4.0 or earlier bundled as hb_src.tar.gz in the source tarball, which is affected by CVE-2026-22693.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-0943

Vulnerability Description

HarfBuzz::Shaper versions before 0.032 for Perl contains a bundled library with a null pointer dereference vulnerability. 

Versions before 0.032 contain HarfBuzz 8.4.0 or earlier bundled as hb_src.tar.gz in the source tarball, which is affected by CVE-2026-22693.

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
HarfBuzz-Shaper less than 0.032
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 7.5 High
Fixed

giterlizzi

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gdt@cpan.org

References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 2026 First release

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