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TI-2026-12153 Aliases CVE-2026-14380

DBI versions before 1.650 for Perl are vulnerable to code injection via caller-influenced…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-470Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-95.

Summary

DBI versions before 1.650 for Perl are vulnerable to code injection via caller-influenced Profile. When a string is assigned to a DBI handle's Profile attribute, DBI splits it into path, package and arguments, and interpolates the package part in a string eval with no validation of the package name. Any caller-influenced value that reaches the Profile attribute is therefore arbitrary Perl code execution, including calls to run system commands. The Profile attribute can be set from three different sources that can carry untrusted data: the DBI_PROFILE environment variable, a direct attribute assignment, and a DSN driver-attribute clause dbi:Driver(Profile=>SPEC):db. An attacker controlling any of those inputs runs arbitrary Perl in the host process. The strongest remote position is a network-exposed DBI::Gofer / DBI::ProxyServer whose per-request DSN reaches the Profile attribute, letting a client execute code on the broker host.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00499 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial DBI: 1.650Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—DBIbefore 1.6501.650Patch availableCNA
  • DBI Vendor— Affected before 1.650 Fixed in 1.650 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:perl:dbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.650VulnerablePerl
  • cpe:2.3:a:perl:dbi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.650 Vulnerable ·Perl

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA DBI Fixed in 1.650

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:62667 Released 2026-09-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl-DBI security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perl-DBI-1.641-2.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:53371 Released 2026-08-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    Insights proxy Container Image
    • Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 registry.redhat.io/insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9
  • RHSA-2026:52772 Released 2026-08-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl-DBI:1.641 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) perl-DBI-1.641-8.module+el8.10.0+24620+2953b6e4.aarch64::perl-DBI:1.641, perl-DBI-1.641-8.module+el8.10.0+24620+2953b6e4.ppc64le::perl-DBI:1.641, perl-DBI-1.641-8.module+el8.10.0+24620+2953b6e4.s390x::perl-DBI:1.641 +7
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2026:49612 Released 2026-08-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl-DBI security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perl-DBI-1.643-9.el9_8.3
  • RHSA-2026:49514 Released 2026-08-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl-DBI security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) perl-DBI-1.643-26.el10_2.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:49514
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:52772
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:49612
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:62667
Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5Fixed RHSA-2026:53371

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-14380

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-12417 Out-of-bounds write in HMBRAND DBI CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-09339 Out-of-bounds write in HMBRAND DBI CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-08500 Out-of-bounds write in HMBRAND DBI CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-12418 Out-of-bounds read in HMBRAND DBI CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2013-06143 An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.628 for Perl. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2013-06142 An issue was discovered in the DBI module before 1.632 for Perl. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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