{"id":"USN-8912-1","summary":"libdbi-perl vulnerabilities","details":"Harsh Raj Singhania discovered that the Perl DBI module did not\ncorrectly validate certain attributes. An attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-78030)\n\nHarsh Raj Singhania discovered that the Perl DBI module did not\ncorrectly handle certain string operations. An attacker could possibly\nuse this issue to cause a denial of service. 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