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CVE-2026-88815VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-DBI:1.641 security update

Affects Red Hat perl-DBI:1.641Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-88815· Medium 6.2

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.2 Medium : upgrade Red Hat DBI to 1.654 when convenient.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 09:08 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.2Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.654
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade DBI to 1.654.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
CPANDBIpkg:cpan/DBIOther threatsAffected
  • <1.654
Fixed in
  • 1.654

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated perl-DBI packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:85916 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official update fully mitigates the issue. No additional workarounds or mitigations are indicated.

Description

A security update for the perl-DBI package addresses a denial of service vulnerability caused by an invalid memory read during numeric type casting (CVE-2026-88815). This vulnerability affects the standard database interface module for Perl, which provides a consistent set of methods for database operations. The issue has been rated as important by Red Hat Product Security. The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 across multiple architectures.

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