CVE-2026-88815

LOWCVSS 6.2 · MEDIUM

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

DBI versions before 1.654 for Perl incorrectly treat numeric values as strings in sql_type_cast_svpv. When casting to SQL_NUMERIC, sql_type_cast_svpv passes the string pointer and length of the SV to grok_number without stringifying it first. An integer (IV) or floating-point (NV) value has no valid string pointer, so grok_number reads from an invalid address, triggering a segmentation fault. This is reachable in Perl using the sql_type_cast function: my $num = 42; DBI::sql_type_cast( $num, DBI::SQL_NUMERIC, 0 );

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-843

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Deep dive

Full discourse1 post
  • PROVINTELL CyberSecurity Next-Gen AI Cyber Defense@provintell

    SUSE released advisory SUSE-SU-2026:4805-1 on 21 October 2026, addressing two moderate-rated vulnerabilities in perl-DBI: CVE-2026-88815 and CVE-2026-88816. #CodeRedASM #AISOC #SUSEPatches https://www.provintell.com/advisories/suse-patches-two-perl-dbi-flaws-that-can-crash-database-driver-processes/ https://t.co/JPevbDYmRA

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