{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-9698: DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-9698","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-09T07:22:25.892Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-09T15:44:21.456Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-09T07:22:25.892Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"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 can influence the error text in an application can trigger a buffer overflow.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-9698 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-9698"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9698"},{"category":"external","summary":"metacpan.org","url":"https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changes"},{"category":"external","summary":"github.com","url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/bfe5d73c162d2d1f761a639a0aa33aad6a9eb54e.patch"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"HMBRAND","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"DBI","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":"<1.648","product":{"name":"HMBRAND DBI <1.648","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:hmbrand:dbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-9698","title":"DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"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 can influence the error text in an application can trigger a buffer overflow.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"vendor_fix","details":"Update to a fixed version: 1.648.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"],"url":"https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/bfe5d73c162d2d1f761a639a0aa33aad6a9eb54e.patch"}]}]}