USN-8912-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-78030)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-10-12 02:53 – Updated: 2026-10-12 02:53 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
libdbi-perl vulnerabilities
Details
Harsh Raj Singhania discovered that the Perl DBI module did not correctly validate certain attributes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-78030)
Harsh Raj Singhania discovered that the Perl DBI module did not correctly handle certain string operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-88816)
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