Database crash via recursive JOIN optimization
Published Jun 23, 2026 · Updated Jun 23, 2026
Denial of service in OpenLink Virtuoso Open Source 7.2.11 allows remote attackers to crash the database via crafted SQL. The sqlo_strip_in_join optimizer repeatedly recurses while compiling an UPDATE containing a nested IN subquery with XML aggregation, exhausting the call stack. The public reproduction uses a DBA session, so exploitation without database credentials is not demonstrated despite the published unauthenticated assessment.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in OpenLink Virtuoso Open Source 7.2.11 allows remote attackers to crash the database via crafted SQL. The sqlo_strip_in_join optimizer repeatedly recurses while compiling an UPDATE containing a nested IN subquery with XML aggregation, exhausting the call stack. The public reproduction uses a DBA session, so exploitation without database credentials is not demonstrated despite the published unauthenticated assessment.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-61020
- Published
- Jun 23, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- Virtuoso 7.2.11 sqlo_strip_in_join crash PoCproof of concept · demonstrated
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