CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-10879
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-06-05
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl have a heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with more than 9 binders.
The preparse method expands SQL placeholder characters to numbered binders of the form :pN, but only allocates three characters per binder in the buffer. Placeholders 10-99 require four characters, 100-999 require five characters, et cetera.
Affected configurations
• perl dbi (< 1.648)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/af79036c07aa9a457971c0f4136e37c85dc20978.patch Patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changes Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/06/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory