MediumFix available
pcre2 — security advisory
PCRE2 before 10.48 has a pcre2_match out-of-bounds read during the PCRE2_MATCH_INVALID_UTF matching of an invalid UTF subject.
- Products
- pcre2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 10.43-r1, 10.46-r1, 10.48-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-89160
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
PCRE2 before 10.48 has a pcre2_match out-of-bounds read during the PCRE2_MATCH_INVALID_UTF matching of an invalid UTF subject.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-89160
pcre2
Fixed versions: 10.43-r1
pcre2
Fixed versions: 10.46-r1
pcre2
Fixed versions: 10.48-r0
pcre2
Fixed versions: 10.48-r0
Complete source record
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