USN-8974-1

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USN-8974-1

Summary: pcre2 vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that PCRE2 did not correctly manage memory when processing certain patterns. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10. (CVE-2026-86145) Albert Zhang discovered that PCRE2 did not correctly process certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10. (CVE-2026-89156) It was discovered that PCRE2 did not correctly handle large patterns. On 32-bit platforms, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10. (CVE-2026-89157) It was discovered that PCRE2 did not correctly handle certain patterns. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-89158) Ilia Alshanetsky discovered that PCRE2 did not correctly handle certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10. (CVE-2026-89160) It was discovered that PCRE2 did not correctly manage memory when handling certain patterns. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10. (CVE-2026-89161) It was discovered that PCRE2 could expose uninitialized data in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.10. (CVE-2026-89162) Michael Allen discovered that PCRE2 did not correctly manage memory when using just-in-time compilation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10. (CVE-2026-103111)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8974-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-86145, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-89156, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-89157, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-89158, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-89160, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-89161, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-89162, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-103111