CVE-2026-8376

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-05-26. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Perl versions through 5.43.10 have a heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds.

Perl_study_chunk in regcomp_study.c checked the size of the joined substring buffer in characters rather than bytes. For a quantified fixed substring with a large minimum count, the byte length mincount * l could overflow SSize_t, producing an undersized SvGROW allocation; the subsequent copy writes past the end of the buffer.

A caller that compiles an attacker-controlled regular expression on a 32-bit perl build triggers a heap buffer overflow at compile time.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
32.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 25, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 20, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - CVE-2026-8376: Perl versions through 5.43.10 have a heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/26/1

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuperl-modules-5.22 (5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2) @ xenial2026-06-29ubuntu

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

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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 11× in last 7d / 71× 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. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
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  8. 2026-06-29 20:06 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8376?
CVE-2026-8376 is a critical vulnerability published on May 25, 2026. Perl versions through 5.43.10 have a heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds. Perlstudychunk in regcompstudy.c checked the size of the joined substring buffer in characters rather than bytes. For a quantified fixed substring with a large…
When was CVE-2026-8376 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8376 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 25, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8376 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8376 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 32.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8376?
CVE-2026-8376 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8376?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8376, 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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