USN-8736-1: perl Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-8736-1 is a vulnerability in perl Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2Timeline
- 08-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 09-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
perl vulnerabilities It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain large inputs during regular expression matching. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger out-of-bounds heap reads or writes, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-15534) It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expression containing alternative matching branches. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause incorrect regular expression matches, resulting in security restrictions being bypassed. (CVE-2026-19487)
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Known exploited
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Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu1 product
- perl< 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm9 | < 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm4 | < 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm4 | < 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm4 | < 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.9 | < 5.40.1-7ubuntu0.2
1 vendor · 1 product