CVE-2026-89156

PCRE2 before 10.48 has a pcre2_match out-of-bounds read after a JIT fallback when an attacker can provide invalid UTF data.

CVSS v3 2.9 LOW

2.9^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.4 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.48	Release Notes
https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-ff85-vh9x	Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.48:rc1::::::

History

16 Sep 2026, 19:27

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.48:rc1::::::
First Time		Pcre Pcre pcre2
References	~~() https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.48 -~~	() https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.48 - Release Notes
References	~~() https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-ff85-vh9x -~~	() https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-ff85-vh9x - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2026-09-11 04:18

Updated : 2026-09-16 19:27

NVD link : CVE-2026-89156

Mitre link : CVE-2026-89156

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89156

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pcre

pcre2

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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