CVE-2026-9698

CRITICAL

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 37.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-120 CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
HMBRAND/DBI < 1.648
perl/dbi < 1.648
Published Jun 09, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 09, 2026