CVE-2026-88815Hinoki check available

Process crash via unstringified numeric cast

Published Sep 28, 2026 · Updated Sep 28, 2026

Denial of service in Perl DBI before 1.654 allows attackers to crash a calling Perl process via numeric SQL_NUMERIC casts. In sql_type_cast_svpv, the SQL_NUMERIC branch passes an IV or NV scalar's string pointer and length to grok_number without first stringifying the value, so an invalid pointer is read. The crash requires a host application to invoke DBI::sql_type_cast on a numeric scalar; exposure to attacker-controlled values depends on that application's call path.

CVSS severity2.5
Low
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Denial of service in Perl DBI before 1.654 allows attackers to crash a calling Perl process via numeric SQL_NUMERIC casts. In sql_type_cast_svpv, the SQL_NUMERIC branch passes an IV or NV scalar's string pointer and length to grok_number without first stringifying the value, so an invalid pointer is read. The crash requires a host application to invoke DBI::sql_type_cast on a numeric scalar; exposure to attacker-controlled values depends on that application's call path.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-88815
Published
Sep 28, 2026
Updated
Sep 28, 2026
Vendor
Perl DBI
Product
DBI
Classifications
T1499.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 28, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <1.654

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

Perl DBI · DBIversion=0 <1.654

Published CVSS scores

2.5Amazon LinuxCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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