CVE-2026-14739
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A heap overflow vulnerability occurs when preparsing SQL statements with an extreme number of placeholders.
- Who is affected
- Users of DBI versions before 1.650 for Perl are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the high severity of the vulnerability.
- Action
- Upgrade to DBI version 1.650 or later.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.40% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 32% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
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