Improper Protection of Alternate Path Affecting pcre2-debuginfo package, versions <0:10.32-4.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PCRE2DEBUGINFO-20949105
  • published15 Oct 2026
  • disclosed5 Sept 2026

Introduced: 5 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-86145  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-424  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 pcre2-debuginfo to version 0:10.32-4.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2026:81613.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre2-debuginfo package and not the pcre2-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

PCRE2 before 10.48 allows a pcre2_dfa_match out-of-bounds write because reuse of a cached workspace block, in a recursive DFA matching workspace, lacks a size check (even though a newly allocated block, for the same purpose, does have a size check). This outcome requires an attacker-controlled regular expression, or a recursive pattern in conjunction with a small heap limit (this can be set through the API).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1