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PCRE2 CVE-2026-89158

| EUVDEUVD-2026-75944 MEDIUM
Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190)
2026-09-11 cve@mitre.org GHSA-9v67-x694-f2jr
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre
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Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
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6.5 MEDIUM

AC:H reflects the 32-bit platform requirement; I:H reflects heap OOB write potential; no confidentiality or scope change.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch available
Sep 11, 2026 - 05:16 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Sep 11, 2026 - 04:31 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Sep 11, 2026 - 04:31 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 11, 2026 - 04:18 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

PCRE2 before 10.48, on 32-bit platforms, has a pcre2_compile_32 integer overflow and resultant out-of-bounds write.

AnalysisAI

Integer overflow in pcre2_compile_32 on 32-bit platforms allows network-reachable attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds heap write when a PCRE2-consuming application compiles attacker-supplied regex patterns. Affected versions are all PCRE2 releases prior to 10.48. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires three concurrent conditions: (1) the target system or process must be running on a 32-bit platform where size_t is 32 bits - 64-bit deployments are not affected; (2) the application consuming PCRE2 must call pcre2_compile_32 (the 32-bit character-width API), not the 8-bit or 16-bit variants; (3) the attacker must control or influence the regex pattern string passed to that compile call, which typically means the application exposes pattern input from an external channel such as a web API, configuration endpoint, or user-submitted search field. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L reflects the key limiting factor: AC:H indicates the attack is constrained to 32-bit platforms, which are increasingly uncommon in modern server deployments but remain present in embedded systems, IoT devices, and legacy infrastructure. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Upgrade to PCRE2 10.48 or later, available at https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.48 and confirmed by the signed release tag. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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