Critical 9.8Published Jun 5, 2026

CVE-2026-10879DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl have a heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with more than 9 binders

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 12:50 AM ET)

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DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl have a heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with more than 9 binders. The preparse method expands SQL placeholder characters to numbered binders of the form :pN, but only allocates three characters per binder in the buffer. Placeholders 10-99 require four characters, 100-999 require five characters, et cetera.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: CPANSec
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

HMBRAND DBI hmbrand:dbi (from the name)	before 1.648	CNA record
perl dbi perl:dbi	before 1.648	NVD

References

References

https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changes	release-notes
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/af79036c07aa9a457971c0f4136e37c85dc20978.patch	patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/06/4	mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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