CVE-2026-9698 | DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited… | CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-9698
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 2026-05-27 12:06 UTC
Published: 2026-06-09 07:22 UTC
Last updated: 2026-06-09 15:44 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-787
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Vendor / Product: HMBRAND / DBI
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: partial

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
HMBRAND	DBI	—	0 < 1.648

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-787	cna	CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
7.5	HIGH	3.1	adp	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (2)