======================================================================== CVE-2026-9698 CPAN Security Group ======================================================================== CVE ID: CVE-2026-9698 Distribution: DBI Versions: before 1.648 MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/DBI VCS Repo: https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer 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. Problem types ------------- - CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Solutions --------- Upgrade to DBI 1.648 or later. References ---------- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changes https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/bfe5d73c162d2d1f761a639a0aa33aad6a9eb54e.patch Timeline -------- - 2026-04-25: Issue reported to CPANSec. - 2026-05-27: Commit fixed the issue in DBI. - 2026-06-04: DBI 1.648 released.
