CVE-2026-15534

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.75.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-09. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 5.7Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

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. 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. The cache is then indexed from the real match position and node number, so reads go past the end of the allocation, and on failure CACHEsayNO sets a bit past it.

A caller that matches an attacker controlled subject of this size against a pattern of this shape can crash the process or corrupt heap memory.

CVSS v3
5.7
EG Score
5.7MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
26
EG Risk 26/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity57% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
15th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 9, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuperl-modules-5.38 (5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.6) @ noble2026-10-05ubuntu
ubuntuperl-modules-5.26 (5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm4) @ bionic2026-10-05ubuntu
redhatperl-main-1.03-525.1.hum12026-09-03redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
perl5.36.0-10 ... 5.44.0-1 (43 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
perl5.40.1-6 ... 5.44.0-1 (12 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
perl5.40.1-6 ... 5.44.0-1 (11 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Weakness Classification(3)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 95× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-10-05 07:59 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 07:59 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-05 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-10-04 05:39 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-04 05:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-10-02 09:27 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-02 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-09-30 22:50 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-30 22:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-09-29 05:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-09-27 17:03 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-27 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-09-18 01:49 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-18 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  28. 2026-09-17 02:17 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-17 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-09-16 02:45 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-16 02:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-15 00:52 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-15 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  38. 2026-09-14 00:26 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-14 00:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-09-13 00:54 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-13 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  46. 2026-09-12 01:08 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-12 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-09-11 01:36 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-11 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  55. 2026-09-10 02:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-09-08 21:55 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-09-08 21:55 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-08 21:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  64. 2026-09-07 17:35 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15534?
CVE-2026-15534 is a medium vulnerability published on August 9, 2026. 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. The regex engine's superlinear cache holds one bit per subject position for each participating WHILEM node, so the bit count is the subject…
When was CVE-2026-15534 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15534 was first published on August 9, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15534 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15534 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (15th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15534?
CVE-2026-15534 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.7 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15534?
A fix for CVE-2026-15534 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-15534 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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