CVE-2026-73193

libdbi-perl: DBI versions before 1.652 for Perl allow a heap out-of-bounds write on 32-bit perl via an integer wraparound in the o...

CVE-2026-73193 is fixed in libdbi-perl on 1 platform, first by libdbi-perl 1.640-1ubuntu0.3+esm3, released August 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
9.8
critical
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0048
41st percentile

DBI versions before 1.652 for Perl allow a heap out-of-bounds write on 32-bit perl via an integer wraparound in the output buffer size computed by preparse. preparse reserves its output buffer with `newSV(strlen(statement) * 7 + 16)`, budgeting seven output bytes per input byte for the longest ':p99999' expansion. The product is computed in STRLEN, which is 32 bits wide on a 32-bit perl build, so a statement of 613,566,757 bytes multiplies to 4,294,967,299, wraps modulo 2^32 to 3, and reserves 19 bytes. The parser then copies the statement out through a raw pointer with no capacity check, writing the whole 585 MB input past the end of the allocation. The 99,999 placeholder limit does not bound this path, which is reached by ordinary non-placeholder content. Any caller that passes an untrusted statement of that length to preparse on a 32-bit perl gets a heap out-of-bounds write of attacker controlled bytes. Builds with a 64-bit STRLEN are not affected, since the wrap there needs a statement of about 2.3 exabytes.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libdbi-perl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1.643-4+deb12u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73193 Aug 25, 2026
libdbi-perl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.652-2~deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73193 Aug 25, 2026
libdbi-perl · Debian 14 1.652-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73193 Aug 25, 2026
libdbi-perl · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.640-1ubuntu0.3+esm3 libdbi-perl 1.640-1ubuntu0.3+esm3 Aug 15, 2026
libdbi-perl · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.643-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 libdbi-perl 1.643-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 Aug 15, 2026
libdbi-perl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.643-3ubuntu0.3 libdbi-perl 1.643-3ubuntu0.3 Aug 15, 2026
libdbi-perl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.643-4ubuntu0.3 libdbi-perl 1.643-4ubuntu0.3 Aug 15, 2026
libdbi-perl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1.647-1ubuntu0.26.04.3 libdbi-perl 1.647-1ubuntu0.26.04.3 Aug 15, 2026

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