CVE-2026-89157

A flaw was found in PCRE2. On 32-bit platforms, an attacker can provide a specially crafted large pattern, leading to an out-of-bounds write within the pcre2_pattern_convert function. This vulnerability can result in high integrity impact, such as data corruption, and potentially a low availability impact, causing a denial of service.

This out-of-bounds write vulnerability in PCRE2 on 32-bit platforms could lead to data corruption with high integrity impact and potential denial of service. Exploitation requires an attacker to provide a specially crafted large pattern, but no privileges or user interaction are needed.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.