CVE-2026-9698
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.8%
55.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-120
Published 2026-06-09 · modified 2026-09-03
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.
Affected
References
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/bfe5d73c162d2d1f761a639a0aa33aad6a9eb54e.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38512
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38513
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38901
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53371
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62667
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9698
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486734
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9698.json