CPANSA-DBI-2026-9698: DBI vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-06-09T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-06-09T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 9.8 Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer. Error messages that were returned when RaiseError, PrintError or HandleError were set were written to a 200-byte buffer without a length limit. Attackers that can influence the error text in an application can trigger a buffer overflow.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-9698

Vulnerability Description

DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer.

Error messages that were returned when RaiseError, PrintError or HandleError were set were written to a 200-byte buffer without a length limit.

Attackers that can influence the error text in an application can trigger a buffer overflow.

Weakness CWE-787 : Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
DBI less than 1.648
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 9.8 Critical
Fixed

giterlizzi

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gdt@cpan.org

References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Tue Jun 9 00:00:00 2026 First release

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