CPANSA-DBI-2026-60081: DBI vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2026-07-14T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2026-07-14T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 7.5 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability Description
DBI::ProfileData versions before 1.651 for Perl do not limit the path index. The path index column of profile dump files is used to allocate an array of data for the parser. An unbounded value allows an attacker to specify a large index and consume available memory.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-60081
Vulnerability DescriptionDBI::ProfileData versions before 1.651 for Perl do not limit the path index.
The path index column of profile dump files is used to allocate an array of data for the parser. An unbounded value allows an attacker to specify a large index and consume available memory.
| Weakness | CWE-770 : Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
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| DBI less than 1.651 |
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Fixed
- DBI greater than or equal 1.651
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-DBI-2026-60081 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-dbi-2026-60081.json - https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/6764e755e83ee1ebb1b40760e5b53eb50960bd7a.patch external
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/6764e755e83ee1ebb1b40760e5b53eb50960bd7a.patch - https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-ww49-w4mv-jrr4 external
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-ww49-w4mv-jrr4 - https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.651/changes external
https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.651/changes - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/14/14 external
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/14/14 - CVE-2026-60081 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60081
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 2026 | First release |
Sharing rules
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