Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-9698

CVE-2026-9698

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

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
DBI< 1.6481.648CNA
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10see advisory0:1.643-26.el10_2.1redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8see advisory8100020260624081239.69ef70f8redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9see advisory0:1.643-9.el9_8.1redhat-SADP
Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5see advisory1786433656redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8see advisory–redhat-SADP

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
redhat-SADP (CNA)8.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CISA ADP7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

References

refmetacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changespatchgithub.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/bfe5d73c162d2d1f761a639a0aa33aad6a9eb54e.patchrefopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/9refaccess.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9698refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486734refsecurity.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9698.jsonadvisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38513advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38901advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38512advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62667advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53371