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3.7Low

CVE-2026-89160

PCRE PCRE2 Published: 2026-09-11 07:09 (2 months ago)

Description

PCRE2 before 10.48 has a pcre2_match out-of-bounds read during the PCRE2_MATCH_INVALID_UTF matching of an invalid UTF subject.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-125

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
PCRE	PCRE2	10.34 – < 10.48

References and patches

https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.48 Release Notes
https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-9qww-pwc4-77qq ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory

CPE matches (NVD) (2)

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.34 < 10.48
cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.48:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS score

3.7Low

Source: mitre · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: High
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

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

All scores (3)

cna	CVSS 3.1	3.7Low
cve@mitre.org	CVSS 3.1	3.7Low
nvd	CVSS 3.1	6.5Medium

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.27%

higher than 19% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Timeline

ID reserved2026-09-11
Published2026-09-11 07:09
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:50
Last updated2026-09-16 22:15

Assigned by (CNA): mitre
NVD status: Analyzed

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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