CVE-2026-108518
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-108518
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-108518.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-108518
- Aliases
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- GHSA-7393-6f8r-fhh3
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2026-10-20T21:23:13Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-21T17:42:30Z
- Summary
- DBI versions before 1.656 for Perl crash via type confusion in dbi_profile when a database handle is destroyed under a Profile Path with an {attr} element
- Details
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DBI versions before 1.656 for Perl crash via type confusion in dbi_profile when a database handle is destroyed under a Profile Path with an {attr} element.
An {attr} element names a database handle attribute, which dbi_profile reads from the handle's inner hash. It expects the inner handle as a reference and dereferences it, but a handle that is being destroyed hands back the inner hash itself, so the dereference yields the hash's bucket array. A type check on that pointer usually fails and the call goes unprofiled. When the memory it addresses passes the check, the attribute lookup dereferences a NULL or invalid pointer and the process dies on SIGSEGV.
The Path is set by the application, by the Profile handle attribute, or by the DBI_PROFILE environment variable, so
DBI_PROFILE={ImplementorClass}can crash an unmodified program. - Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "CPANSec", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-843" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/108xxx/CVE-2026-108518.json" }- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/37
- https://cpan.org/modules
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/108xxx/CVE-2026-108518.json
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/c2ff4df575d7af625bb4d0d1ef7539f90b22d8b2.patch
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-7393-6f8r-fhh3
- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.656/changes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108518
Affected packages
Git / github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixed
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "extracted_events": [ { "range": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "1.656" } ], "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD", "strategy": "StandardRange" }, { "range": [ { "fixed": "c2ff4df575d7af625bb4d0d1ef7539f90b22d8b2" } ], "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT" } ] }