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Posted on 29 September 2026
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-6530-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 29, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : pcre2
CVE ID : not yet available
Debian Bug : 1149217
Michael Allen discovered an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in PCRE2,
a library of functions to support Perl compatible regular expressions,
which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of
arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 10.46-1~deb13u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your pcre2 packages.
For the detailed security status of pcre2 please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pcre2
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
