CVE-2026-88816
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;
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-843
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/70962570212dc60a5428098cf2a0462ad5945851.patch
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-f4qx-mr9m-q2hq
- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.654/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/28/13
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-f4qx-mr9m-q2hq