What is CVE-2026-10879?

CVE-2026-10879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hmbrand Dbi, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-10879?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hmbrand Dbi

CVE-2026-10879

DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl have a heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with more than 9 binders. The preparse method expands SQL placeholder characters to numbered binders of the form :pN, but only allocates three characte…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (33.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Hmbrand Dbi — versions 0
Perl Dbi

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (Patch, patch)
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (release-notes, Release Notes)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-10879?: CVE-2026-10879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hmbrand Dbi, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-10879?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.