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.
{
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/9xxx/CVE-2026-9698.json",
"cna_assigner": "CPANSec",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
]
}{
"source": [
"CPE_RANGE",
"REFERENCES"
],
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.648"
}
],
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:perl:dbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}