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CVE-2026-89161· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

In PCRE2 before 10.48, pcre2_jit_match mishandles a previously copied subject being passed in as a context.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.12% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: pcre2 (AlmaLinux:10) 10.44-1.5.el10_2; pcre2-devel (AlmaLinux:10) 10.44-1.5.el10_2; pcre2-static (AlmaLinux:10) 10.44-1.5.el10_2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to pcre2 (AlmaLinux:10) 10.44-1.5.el10_2; pcre2-devel (AlmaLinux:10) 10.44-1.5.el10_2; pcre2-static (AlmaLinux:10) 10.44-1.5.el10_2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In PCRE2 before 10.48, pcre2_jit_match mishandles a previously copied subject being passed in as a context. An incorrect free operation can occur.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Sep 16, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 2th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.8
CNA · mitre
7.4
0.4 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
pcrepcre2

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • pcre pcre2before 10.48
  • pcre pcre210.48

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mitre). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • PCRE PCRE2

    • before 10.48affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:10pcre2before 10.44-1.5.el10_210.44-1.5.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10pcre2-develbefore 10.44-1.5.el10_210.44-1.5.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10pcre2-staticbefore 10.44-1.5.el10_210.44-1.5.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10pcre2-syntaxbefore 10.44-1.5.el10_210.44-1.5.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10pcre2-toolsbefore 10.44-1.5.el10_210.44-1.5.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10pcre2-utf16before 10.44-1.5.el10_210.44-1.5.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10pcre2-utf32before 10.44-1.5.el10_210.44-1.5.el10_2
AlmaLinux:9pcre2before 10.40-7.el9_810.40-7.el9_8
AlmaLinux:9pcre2-develbefore 10.40-7.el9_810.40-7.el9_8
AlmaLinux:9pcre2-syntaxbefore 10.40-7.el9_810.40-7.el9_8
AlmaLinux:9pcre2-toolsbefore 10.40-7.el9_810.40-7.el9_8
AlmaLinux:9pcre2-utf16before 10.40-7.el9_810.40-7.el9_8
AlmaLinux:9pcre2-utf32before 10.40-7.el9_810.40-7.el9_8
Alpine:v3.21pcre2before 10.43-r110.43-r1
Alpine:v3.22pcre2before 10.46-r110.46-r1
Alpine:v3.23pcre2before 10.48-r010.48-r0
Debian:12pcre2before 10.42-1+deb12u110.42-1+deb12u1
Debian:13pcre2before 10.46-1~deb13u210.46-1~deb13u2
Debian:14pcre2before 10.48-110.48-1
openSUSE:Leap 16.0pcre2before 10.45-160000.4.110.45-160000.4.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2mariadb11.8before 3:11.8.8-2.el10_23:11.8.8-2.el10_2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2mariadb11.8-backupbefore 3:11.8.8-2.el10_23:11.8.8-2.el10_2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2mariadb11.8-backup-debuginfobefore 3:11.8.8-2.el10_23:11.8.8-2.el10_2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2mariadb11.8-client-utilsbefore 3:11.8.8-2.el10_23:11.8.8-2.el10_2

+90

Same product

pcre: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2015-3210Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular
    42Plan
  • CVE-2017-8786pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified ot
    40Plan
  • CVE-2017-8399PCRE2 before 10.30 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow in pcre2_match.c, related to a "pattern with very many
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-89158Sep 11, 2026 · PCRE2 before 10.48, on 32-bit platforms, has a pcre2_compile_32 integer overflow and resultant out-of-bounds write.
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-89160Sep 11, 2026 · PCRE2 before 10.48 has a pcre2_match out-of-bounds read during the PCRE2_MATCH_INVALID_UTF matching of an invalid UTF subject.
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-89162Sep 11, 2026 · In PCRE2 before 10.48, pcre2_serialize_encode might disclose two bytes to an adversary, typically in a situation where the access available
    13Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
azl3 php 8.3.33-1 on Azure Linux 3.0—Microsoft (MSRC)
azl3 qtbase 6.6.3-5 on Azure Linux 3.0—Microsoft (MSRC)
azl3 rust 1.75.0-31 on Azure Linux 3.0—Microsoft (MSRC)
azl3 rust 1.96.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0—Microsoft (MSRC)
almalinux:pcre210.44-1.5.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:pcre2-devel10.44-1.5.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:pcre2-static10.44-1.5.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:pcre2-syntax10.44-1.5.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:pcre2-tools10.44-1.5.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:pcre2-utf1610.44-1.5.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:pcre2-utf3210.44-1.5.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10Package registry (OSV)
alpine:pcre210.43-r1 · Alpine:v3.21Package registry (OSV)
alpine:pcre210.48-r0 · Alpine:v3.23Package registry (OSV)
debian:pcre210.42-1+deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:pcre210.45-160000.4.1 · openSUSE:Leap 16.0Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre20:10.48-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-debuginfo0:10.44-1.5.el10_2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-debugsource0:10.44-1.5.el10_2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-devel0:10.48-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-static0:10.48-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-syntax0:10.48-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-tools0:10.48-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-tools-debuginfo0:10.44-1.5.el10_2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-utf160:10.48-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-utf16-debuginfo0:10.44-1.5.el10_2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-utf320:10.48-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:pcre2-utf32-debuginfo0:10.44-1.5.el10_2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2Package registry (OSV)
rocky linux:mariadb11.83:11.8.8-2.el10_2 · Rocky Linux:10Package registry (OSV)
rocky linux:pcre20:10.44-1.5.el10_2 · Rocky Linux:10Package registry (OSV)
suse:pcre210.42-slfo.1.1_2.1 · SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-590 · Free of Memory not on the Heap

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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