Integer overflow vulnerability in pcre2test before 10.41 allows attackers to cause a…
Priority HIGH 72CWE-190Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Integer overflow vulnerability in pcre2test before 10.41 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via negative input.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01121 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | — |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-41409
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4qfx-v7wh-3q4j
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More Pcre2 vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-35893 PCRE2: heap-buffer-overflow read in match_ref due to missing boundary restoration in SCS CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-60391 Integer overflow in PCRE2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2026-60393 Out-of-bounds read in PCRE2 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2015-02839 Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-02677 The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-06297 pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-41409 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-41409 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4qfx-v7wh-3q4j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-41409 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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