# CVE-2026-88815: DBI versions before 1.654 for Perl incorrectly treat numeric values as strings in sql\_type\_cast\_svpv

- Also known as: GHSA-C8VQ-W3WR-6979
- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.654
- Published: 2026-09-28 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- DBI: fixed in 1.654

## Description

DBI versions before 1.654 for Perl incorrectly treat numeric values as strings in sql_type_cast_svpv. When casting to SQL_NUMERIC, sql_type_cast_svpv passes the string pointer and length of the SV to grok_number without stringifying it first. An integer (IV) or floating-point (NV) value has no valid string pointer, so grok_number reads from an invalid address, triggering a segmentation fault. This is reachable in Perl using the sql_type_cast function: my $num = 42; DBI::sql_type_cast( $num, DBI::SQL_NUMERIC, 0 );

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on DBI, upgrade to a fixed version (1.654) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/security/advisories/GHSA-c8vq-w3wr-6979
- https://github.com/perl5-dbi/dbi/commit/e5ad87e5602da995d28b4d65df222368b58d6702.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/DBI-1.654/changes

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