{"id":"CVE-2026-9698","title":"DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer.\n\nError messages that were returned when RaiseError, PrintError or HandleError were set were written to a 200-byte buffer without a length limit.\n\nAttackers that c…","summary":"DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer.\n\nError messages that were returned when RaiseError, PrintError or HandleError were set were written to a 200-byte buffer without a length limit.\n\nAttackers that c…","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-787","CWE-120"],"vendor":"perl","product":"dbi","affected":["dbi < 1.648"],"patched":["dbi 1.648"],"published":"2026-06-09","updated":"2026-07-13","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9698","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/bfe5d73c162d2d1f761a639a0aa33aad6a9eb54e.patch","label":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changes","label":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/9","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38512","label":"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38513","label":"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9698","label":"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486734","label":"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9698.json","label":"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00464,"epssPercentile":0.39436,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-13T13:27:18.038Z","slug":"CVE-2026-9698","body":"## Overview\n\nDBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer.\n\nError messages that were returned when RaiseError, PrintError or HandleError were set were written to a 200-byte buffer without a length limit.\n\nAttackers that can influence the error text in an application can trigger a buffer overflow.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `dbi < 1.648`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `dbi 1.648`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}