CVE-2026-19487: Perl versions from 5.9.4 before 5.41.9 produce incorrect regular expression match results when a stale failure flag ends the Aho-Corasick prescan early in S_find_byclass

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.3)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Aug
Released
2026-08-23
EPSS Score
0.43% (percentile: 36.4%)

Affected Products (1)

Other

  • 21697-17084

Revision History

  • 2026-08-23: Information published.