Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-9698
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 29.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
References
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/bfe5d73c162d2d1f761a639a0aa33aad6a9eb54e.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/9
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9698
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486734
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9698.json