DBI versions before 1.650 for Perl have a heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with an extreme number of placeholders. The fix for CVE-2026-10879 did not allocate enough memory to handle approximately 1.2-million placeholders. DBI version 1.650 sets a hard limit of 99,999 placeholders.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| perl | dbi | 0 |
Downstream vendors/products affected by this vulnerability
| Vendor | Product | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| red hat | enterprise linux | cert_advisory | 90% |
Updated description with new details, changed severity to CRITICAL, and noted that no exploit is available.
Initial creation
