RHSA-2026:86206 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: pcre2 security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 21, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for pcre2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The pcre2 package contains a new generation of the Perl Compatible Regular Expression libraries for implementing regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl.
Security Fix(es):
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pcre2: PCRE2: Out-of-bounds write allows arbitrary code execution via crafted regular expressions (CVE-2026-86145)
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pcre2: pcre2: Out-of-bounds write via crafted regular expression (CVE-2026-103111)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.