{"id":"CVE-2026-78030","title":"DBI versions before 1.653 for Perl load arbitrary modules via unvalidated dbm_type and dbm_mldbm attributes in DBD::DBM.\n\nDBD::DBM passes the dbm_type and dbm_mldbm connect attributes to require without checking that the value names a mo…","summary":"DBI versions before 1.653 for Perl load arbitrary modules via unvalidated dbm_type and dbm_mldbm attributes in DBD::DBM.\n\nDBD::DBM passes the dbm_type and dbm_mldbm connect attributes to require without checking that the value names a mo…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-470"],"product":"DBI","affected":["DBI < 1.653"],"published":"2026-09-19","updated":"2026-09-20","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-20T01:16:30.017","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78030","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/315c6ce703b8b3cbe9188062d9ec80730293554a.patch","label":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-wqmw-wqwx-3fr7","label":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.653/changes","label":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/19/4","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-20T00:05:25.993244Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-19T11:01:56.651Z","epss":0.00725,"epssPercentile":0.52193,"slug":"CVE-2026-78030","body":"## Overview\n\nDBI versions before 1.653 for Perl load arbitrary modules via unvalidated dbm_type and dbm_mldbm attributes in DBD::DBM.\n\nDBD::DBM passes the dbm_type and dbm_mldbm connect attributes to require without checking that the value names a module. require treats a path-shaped string as a literal filename and does not consult @INC, so the attribute chooses the file that Perl loads and runs.\n\nThe MLDBM::Serializer:: prefix that DBD::DBM prepends to dbm_mldbm is not a boundary: only the :: separators are rewritten to /, so a value containing / traverses out of the serializer directory. The value is also assigned to $MLDBM::Serializer, which MLDBM requires the same way when it ties the table.\n\nA caller that lets an untrusted party influence either attribute, for example through a DSN fragment or a parameter that selects a storage backend, runs the file-scope code of whatever module the value names.\n\nFor example,\n\n    my $dsn = \"dbi:DBM:f_dir=/var/db;dbm_type=../../Untrusted.pm\"\n    my $dbh = DBI->connect( $dsn );\n\nNote that DBD::Gofer forwards connect attributes to the server side, and DBI::ProxyServer checks only that a DSN starts with a driver prefix.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":207856,"id":"CVE-2026-78030","ts":1789866751003,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"9.8"},{"seq":207855,"id":"CVE-2026-78030","ts":1789866751003,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"critical"}]}