CVE-2026-10879: DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl have a heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with more than 9 binders
Robert Rothenberg 05 Jun 2026 14:34 UTC
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CVE-2026-10879 CPAN Security Group
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CVE ID: CVE-2026-10879
Distribution: DBI
Versions: before 1.648
MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/DBI
VCS Repo: https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi
DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl have a heap overflow when preparsing
SQL statements with more than 9 binders
Description
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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.
Problem types
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- CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)
Solutions
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Upgrade to DBI 1.648 or later.
References
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https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.648/changes
https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/af79036c07aa9a457971c0f4136e37c85dc20978.patch
Timeline
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- 2026-04-25: Issue reported to CPANSec.
- 2026-05-28: Commit fixed the issue in DBI.
- 2026-06-04: DBI 1.648 released.