Is CVE-2006-7226 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-7226 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-7226?

CVE-2006-7226 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-7226?

CVE-2006-7226 has an EPSS score of 1.60% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-7226?

Upgrade glib2.0 on debian 11 to 2.14.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-7226

MEDIUMEPSS 73th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 does not properly calculate the compiled memory allocation for regular expressions that involve a quantified "subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference," which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash).

How to fix

Remediation Available

glib2.0Debian

Fixed in:2.14.3-1CVE-2006-7226

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.