High 7.5Published Jan 18, 2026

CVE-2026-0943HarfBuzz::Shaper versions before 0.032 for Perl contains a bundled library with a null pointer dereference vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 7:50 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-1395
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: CPANSec
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jan 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

JV HarfBuzz::Shaper jv:harfbuzz_shaper (from the name)	before 0.032	CNA record
jv harfbuzz::shaper jv:harfbuzz::shaper	before 0.032	NVD

References

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429296	issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22693	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://metacpan.org/release/JV/HarfBuzz-Shaper-0.032/changes	release-notes, product

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