CVE-2026-40906
critical · 9.9Electric is a Postgres sync engine. From 1.1.12 to before 1.5.0, the order_by parameter in the ElectricSQL /v1/shape API is vulnerable to error-based SQL injection, allowing any authenticated user to read, write, and destroy the full contents of the underlying PostgreSQL database through crafted ORDER BY expressions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0.
9.9
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
39th
EPSS percentile
2026-04-21
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-89
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| electric | sync-service | >= 1.1.12, < 1.5.0 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/pull/4081
- https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/security/advisories/GHSA-h5rg-pxx7-r2hj
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40906
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460291
- https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/security/advisories/GHSA-h5rg-pxx7-r2hj
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40906.json
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-40906