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CVE-2026-9698

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2026-06-09 Modified: 2026-08-11

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 Platforms

Perl Dbi

Weakness Type

CWE-787, CWE-120

References