
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-88816
Perl DBI module vulnerabilities
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.39% · Oct 25, 2026
DBI versions before 1.654 for Perl incorrectly treat numeric values as strings in FetchHashKeyName. fetchrow_hashref uses the string pointer of the FetchHashKeyName attribute as the key name without stringifying it first. When FetchHashKeyName has been set to an integer (IV) or floating-point (NV) value, that pointer is invalid, so reading the key name triggers a segmentation fault. This can be triggered with the following code: my $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi:ExampleP:", "", "", { RaiseError => 0, PrintError => 0 } ); $dbh->{FetchHashKeyName} = 42; my $sth = $dbh->prepare("select mode, size, name from ."); $sth->execute; $sth->fetchrow_hashref;
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libdbi-perl | sid | 1.656-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libdbi-perl | forky | 1.656-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libdbi-perl | trixie | 1.652-2~deb13u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libdbi-perl | trixie-security | 1.652-2~deb13u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libdbi-perl | bookworm | 1.643-4+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libdbi-perl | bookworm-security | 1.643-4+deb12u3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | noble | 1.643-4ubuntu0.4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | pro | 1.642-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | pro | 1.642-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | pro | 1.643-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | pro | 1.643-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | pro | 1.643-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | pro | 1.643-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | pro | 1.643-1ubuntu0.1+esm4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 22.04 | 1.643-3build2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 22.04 | 1.643-3build3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 22.04 | 1.643-3ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 22.04 | 1.643-3ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 22.04 | 1.643-3ubuntu0.4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 24.04 | 1.643-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 24.04 | 1.643-4build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 24.04 | 1.643-4build2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 24.04 | 1.643-4build3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 24.04 | 1.643-4ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 24.04 | 1.643-4ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 24.04 | 1.643-4ubuntu0.4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 26.04 | 1.647-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 26.04 | 1.647-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 26.04 | 1.647-1ubuntu0.26.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 26.04 | 1.647-1ubuntu0.26.04.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | 26.04 | 1.647-1ubuntu0.26.04.4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libdbi-perl | source | sid | 1.654-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1149042] |
| Debian | libdbi-perl | source | forky | 1.654-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1149042] |
| Debian | libdbi-perl | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1149042] |
| Debian | libdbi-perl | source | bookworm | 1.643-4+deb12u3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1149042] |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | deb | noble | 1.643-4ubuntu0.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | deb | pro | 1.643-1ubuntu0.1+esm4 | Not reported | USN-8912-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | deb | 22.04 | 1.643-3ubuntu0.4 | Not reported | USN-8912-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | deb | 24.04 | 1.643-4ubuntu0.4 | Not reported | USN-8912-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libdbi-perl | deb | 26.04 | 1.647-1ubuntu0.26.04.4 | Not reported | USN-8912-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] libdbi-perl: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libdbi-perl]Affected
Details (4)
1.643-4+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected · Fixed:
1.643-4+deb12u3usn · libdbi-perl · debian · bookworm; usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 12
1.643-4+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected · Fixed:
1.643-4+deb12u3usn · libdbi-perl · debian · bookworm; usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 12
1.643-4+deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityAffected · Fixed:
1.643-4+deb12u3usn · libdbi-perl · debian · bookworm; usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 12
1.643-4+deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityAffected · Fixed:
1.643-4+deb12u3usn · libdbi-perl · debian · bookworm; usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libdbi-perl]Affected
Details (5)
1.647-1+deb13u1· amd64 · trixieAffected
usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 13
1.647-1+deb13u1· arm64 · trixieAffected
usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 13
1.647-1+deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-security · Historical versionAffected
usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 13
1.652-2~deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-securityAffected
usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 13
1.652-2~deb13u1· arm64 · trixie-securityAffected
usn · libdbi-perl · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2026_11966-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88816]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-88816]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-8912-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-88816]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-88816.json]
- [https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8912-1]
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