CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-111879

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

DBI versions before 1.656 for Perl hang on a later open of a DBD::DBM table because a failed open_data does not release the table's lock. The flock has no timeout, so a later open of that table blocks for as long as the handle holding the stale lock lives.

Risk Assessment

An application using DBD::DBM may hang or stop responding, leading to denial of service; the trigger may be dbm_mldbm or dbm_type values from the DSN or connect attributes.

Recommendation

Update the DBI module for Perl to version 1.656 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

DBI versions before 1.656 for Perl hang on a later open of a DBD::DBM table because a failed open_data does not release the table's lock. open_data creates the table's lock file and takes an exclusive flock on it for a CREATE, before the checks that can croak: a dbm_mldbm value that is not a module name, a failing tie, or a missing data file. The croak unwinds before the table object is blessed, so nothing releases the lock, and the meta data holding the open descriptor stays cached on the database handle. The dbm_mldbm and dbm_type values come from the DSN or the connect attributes, so a caller that chooses the serializer or the storage backend can trigger the failure. The flock has no timeout, so a later open of that table (even through a separate database handle) blocks for as long as the handle holding the stale lock lives, in the same process or any other.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS