CVE-2026-111879: Affected product not specified by the source

Affected technology

Product not specified by the source · 0 to before 1.656
Vendor not specified by the source

Description’s affected range: 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

Component: DBI
Function: DBD::DBM::Table::open_data, DBD::File::DataSource::File::open_data
File: lib/DBD/DBM.pm, lib/DBD/File.pm

What an attacker can do

The source does not specify what an attacker can achieve.