CVE-2026-15534
NVD: Perl versions through 5.45.1 have out-of-bounds heap reads and writes during regular expression matching via an undersized superlinear cache in S_regmatch. NVD: The regex engine's superlinear cache holds one bit per subject position for each participating WHILEM node, so the bit count is the subject length plus one times the number of nodes. NVD: Nothing checks that product for positive overflow of the signed 32-bit count: a 286331153 byte subject matched against a pattern with 15 participating nodes stores the count as 14, leaving a two byte cache.
5.7 Severity
MEDIUM EPSS
0.0016 (6) KEV
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Source-published summary
NVD: Perl versions through 5.45.1 have out-of-bounds heap reads and writes during regular expression matching via an undersized superlinear cache in S_regmatch. NVD: The regex engine's superlinear cache holds one bit per subject position for each participating WHILEM node, so the bit count is the subject length plus one times the number of nodes. NVD: Nothing checks that product for positive overflow of the signed 32-bit count: a 286331153 byte subject matched against a pattern with 15 participating nodes stores the count as 14, leaving a two byte cache.
Possible impact
This medium severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for defensive exposure review.
Affected context
Affected product or version requires source confirmation.
Remediation / advisory
Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory.
Why it matters
This medium severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for defensive exposure review.; CVSS 5.7 (MEDIUM); EPSS percentile 6; not listed in KEV; Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory; sources: NVD, OSV.
What to verify
Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.
Exposure hint
exposure unknown
Impact tags
Urgency reasons
Source-derived note
Summary derived from NVD / OSV description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.
Redaction metadata
- source summary used
- True
- fallback summary used
- False
- unsafe procedural detail present
- false
- raw source displayed
- false
- public summary redacted
- true
Remediation handoff
Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.
Safety note
This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.
Official references
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15534
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-15534
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/09/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/09/13
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/54cf3d44cbbedd17d774e9a37921963e8fd5d0cb.patch
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/568e6fd238867bb9e99fa3f47cba3169009239e0.patch