Code execution via database transaction gadget chain
Published Nov 18, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Object injection in Drupal core allows attackers to execute code through a crafted serialized database transaction object chain. Deserialization can populate Transaction internals so a post-transaction callback reaches a service definition whose factory invokes an attacker-selected function. Exploitation requires another flaw or extension to pass attacker-controlled data to unserialize(); Drupal reports no such path in core.
Summary
What happened
Object injection in Drupal core allows attackers to execute code through a crafted serialized database transaction object chain. Deserialization can populate Transaction internals so a post-transaction callback reaches a service definition whose factory invokes an attacker-selected function. Exploitation requires another flaw or extension to pass attacker-controlled data to unserialize(); Drupal reports no such path in core.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-13081
- Published
- Nov 18, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- OAuth.js
- Product
- Drupal core
- Classifications
- CWE-502, CWE-915, CAPEC-586, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.5.0 <10.5.6
- Affected versionversion=11.0.0 <11.1.9
- Affected versionversion=11.2.0 <11.2.8
- Affected versionversion=8.0.0 <10.4.9
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- PHPGGC Drupal RCE gadget chainsfunctional · demonstrated
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Technologies
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