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CVE-2026-89162

Published: Sep 11, 2026Updated: Sep 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-669
2.9LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 98.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

In PCRE2 before 10.48, pcre2_serialize_encode might disclose two bytes to an adversary, typically in a situation where the access available to the adversary is already unsafe.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-669

Affected Products

PCRE
oss-projectaka pcre2, perl compatible regular expression library
PCRE2LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.48
github.com
https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-q7rw-r7qq-2hx6
github.com

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