Database disclosure and deletion via inlined identifiers
Published Jan 23, 2026 · Updated Jan 23, 2026
Second-order SQL injection in Hibernate ORM 5.2.8 through 5.6.15 allows remote authenticated users to read, alter, or delete database data. InlineIdsOrClauseBuilder inserts previously stored identifier tokens into UPDATE or DELETE predicates instead of binding them as parameters, activating SQL metacharacters supplied earlier. Exploitation requires low-privileged control of a non-alphanumeric entity ID and an application explicitly using the inline OR bulk-ID strategy; successful payloads can expose files, corrupt data, or interrupt the application.
Summary
What happened
Second-order SQL injection in Hibernate ORM 5.2.8 through 5.6.15 allows remote authenticated users to read, alter, or delete database data. InlineIdsOrClauseBuilder inserts previously stored identifier tokens into UPDATE or DELETE predicates instead of binding them as parameters, activating SQL metacharacters supplied earlier. Exploitation requires low-privileged control of a non-alphanumeric entity ID and an application explicitly using the inline OR bulk-ID strategy; successful payloads can expose files, corrupt data, or interrupt the application.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-0603
- Published
- Jan 23, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Hibernate
- Product
- Hibernate ORM
- Classifications
- CWE-89
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.2.8 <=5.6.15
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