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AlmaLinux 10 : perl-DBI (ALSA-2026:38513)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 326843

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:38513 advisory.

 * DBI: DBI: Buffer overflow in error handling can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-9698)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl-DBI package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38513

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-38513.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 326843

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-38513.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 8/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.05

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-9698

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-dbi

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-10879, CVE-2026-9698

CWE: 120, 131

RHSA: 2026:38513