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CVE-2026-88816: DBI versions before 1.654 for Perl incorrectly treat numeric values as strings in FetchHashKeyName

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-28 · updated 2026-09-30
• Weakness: CWE-843

Description

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;

Affected products

• DBI: before 1.654 — fixed in 1.654

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: DBI 1.654. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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

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