# CVE-2026-14740: DBI versions before 1.650 for Perl read one byte out-of-bounds in preparse when deleting an initial SQL comment

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.650
- Published: 2026-07-07 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- DBI: fixed in 1.650

## Description

DBI versions before 1.650 for Perl read one byte out-of-bounds in preparse when deleting an initial SQL comment. The preparse method normalises SQL and removes comments. When the SQL starts with a comment line, the deletion of that line during normalisation led to an out-of-bounds read by one byte. The result is a fault on memory-hardened builds and nondeterministic newline retention on normal builds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on DBI, upgrade to a fixed version (1.650) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/fc16f9e8b3dd5c65caf1867781ab2bfe2fadcc01.patch
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-35f4-f8m9-w8xg
- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.650/changes

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