RHSA-2026:62667 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for perl-DBI is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

DBI is a database access Application Programming Interface (API) for the Perl Language. The DBI API Specification defines a set of functions, variables and conventions that provide a consistent database interface independent of the actual database being used.

Security Fix(es):

• perl-DBI: perl-DBI: Heap overflow in SQL preparsing can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-10879)
• DBI: DBI: Buffer overflow in error handling can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-9698)
• DBI: DBI: Arbitrary code execution via caller-influenced Profile attribute (CVE-2026-14380)
• DBI: DBI: Heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with excessive placeholders (CVE-2026-14739)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 2485464 - CVE-2026-10879 perl-DBI: perl-DBI: Heap overflow in SQL preparsing can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
• BZ - 2486734 - CVE-2026-9698 DBI: DBI: Buffer overflow in error handling can lead to arbitrary code execution
• BZ - 2497915 - CVE-2026-14380 DBI: DBI: Arbitrary code execution via caller-influenced Profile attribute
• BZ - 2497916 - CVE-2026-14739 DBI: DBI: Heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with excessive placeholders

CVEs

• CVE-2026-9698
• CVE-2026-10879
• CVE-2026-14380
• CVE-2026-14739

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important