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%CVSS: 5.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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
5.7(medium)
EG Risk
26(Track)
EG Risk 26/100SSVC: Track

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%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 9, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuperl-modules-5.38 (5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.6) @ noble2026-09-21ubuntu
ubuntuperl-modules-5.34 (5.34.0-3ubuntu1.9) @ jammy2026-09-21ubuntu
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 rangeFixed inDependents
perl5.36.0-10 ... 5.44.0-1 (43 versions)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
perl5.40.1-6 ... 5.44.0-1 (11 versions)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
perl5.40.1-6 ... 5.44.0-1 (11 versions)

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 23× in last 7d / 111× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 154 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-21 03:36 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-21 03:36 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-21 03:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-20 00:54 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-20 00:54 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-20 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-19 01:23 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-19 01:23 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-19 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-18 01:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-18 01:49 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-18 01:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-17 02:17 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-17 02:17 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-17 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-16 02:45 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-16 02:45 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-16 02:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-15 00:52 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-15 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-14 00:26 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-14 00:26 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-14 00:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-13 00:54 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-13 00:54 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-13 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-12 01:08 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-12 01:08 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-12 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-11 01:36 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-11 01:36 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-11 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-10 02:04 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-10 02:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-08 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-08 21:55 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-08 21:55 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-08 21:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-07 17:35 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-07 17:35 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-07 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-06 02:53 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-06 02:53 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-06 02:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-05 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-05 03:20 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-09-05 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-09-04 03:27 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-04 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-03 03:55 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-03 03:55 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-03 03:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-09-01 21:57 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-01 21:57 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-01 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-31 22:23 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-31 22:23 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-31 22:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-30 15:22 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-30 15:22 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-30 15:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-08-29 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-29 15:50 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-29 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-08-28 15:58 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-28 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-28 11:48 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-28 11:48 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-28 11:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-08-27 11:41 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-27 11:41 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-27 11:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-08-26 12:09 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-08-26 12:09 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-26 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-08-25 12:35 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-25 12:35 UTCVendor advisory

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 in the National Vulnerability Database 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% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 93.6% of all 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?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15534, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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