Stored XSS via unescaped query-log metadata
Published Feb 6, 2026 · Updated Feb 6, 2026
Stored XSS in Neo4j Community and Enterprise editions before 2026.01.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts into query logs. The query logger writes control characters and transaction metadata into plain-text query.log entries without neutralizing Unicode line breaks or HTML-active text. Execution requires an authenticated Bolt transaction and a separate user to open the log in an HTML-rendering tool; Neo4j itself is not impacted.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Neo4j Community and Enterprise editions before 2026.01.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts into query logs. The query logger writes control characters and transaction metadata into plain-text query.log entries without neutralizing Unicode line breaks or HTML-active text. Execution requires an authenticated Bolt transaction and a separate user to open the log in an HTML-rendering tool; Neo4j itself is not impacted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-1337
- Published
- Feb 6, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 6, 2026
- Vendor
- Neo4j
- Product
- Neo4j Enterprise Edition
- Classifications
- CWE-117
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 6, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 6, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2026.01.0
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Public exploit references
- CVE-2026-1337 Neo4j log-injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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