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TI-2026-51339 Aliases CVE-2026-73194

Out-of-bounds write in DBI

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-1284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

DBI versions before 1.652 for Perl allow a heap out-of-bounds write via an unvalidated numeric placeholder that sets the binder counter in preparse. preparse reserves seven output bytes per input byte, the width of the longest ':p99999' expansion. The ':N' branch parses the number with `atoi(src)` and assigns it to the binder counter with no range check, so a statement containing ':2147483648' leaves the counter negative (-2147483648 with glibc, where atoi wraps). Each following '?' then expands through `sprintf(start, ":p%d", idx++)` to ':p-2147483648', 14 bytes with the terminating NUL where the buffer budgets 7. The placeholder limit added in 1.650 tests the counter against 99,999, which a negative counter passes. Any caller that preparses an untrusted statement into ':pN' style placeholders gets a heap out-of-bounds write that grows with the number of '?' marks following the poisoned placeholder. The '?' and '%s' return styles compare the parsed number against the expected sequence and error out, and are unaffected.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00493 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial DBI: 1.652Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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 1.6521.652Patch availableCNA
  • DBI Vendor— Affected before 1.652 Fixed in 1.652 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA DBI Fixed in 1.652

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:71422 Released 2026-09-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl-DBI security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perl-DBI-1.643-9.el9_8.6
  • RHSA-2026:71608 Released 2026-09-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl-DBI security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perl-DBI-1.641-3.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:70753 Released 2026-09-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl-DBI security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) perl-DBI-1.643-26.el10_2.6
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  • RHSA-2026:69112 Released 2026-09-21 · Red Hat rating Important
    perl-DBI:1.641 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) perl-DBI-1.641-10.module+el8.10.0+24875+7c5253dc.aarch64::perl-DBI:1.641, perl-DBI-1.641-10.module+el8.10.0+24875+7c5253dc.ppc64le::perl-DBI:1.641, perl-DBI-1.641-10.module+el8.10.0+24875+7c5253dc.s390x::perl-DBI:1.641 +7

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-2026:70753
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:69112
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:71422
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:71608

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-73194

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