Database disclosure via stored image_name SQL injection
Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 11, 2026
Stored SQL injection in Koha through 24.11.17, 25.05.12, 25.11.06, and 26.05.01 allows remote authenticated users to read database data. The image_name field is stored verbatim in patron card layout XML and later concatenated into a raw SQL query by patroncards/create-pdf.pl during batch printing. Staff access with the tools => label_creator permission is required; exploitation exposes patron PII and staff bcrypt password hashes through error-based or time-based blind injection.
Summary
What happened
Stored SQL injection in Koha through 24.11.17, 25.05.12, 25.11.06, and 26.05.01 allows remote authenticated users to read database data. The image_name field is stored verbatim in patron card layout XML and later concatenated into a raw SQL query by patroncards/create-pdf.pl during batch printing. Staff access with the tools => label_creator permission is required; exploitation exposes patron PII and staff bcrypt password hashes through error-based or time-based blind injection.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-72608
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Koha Community
- Product
- Koha
- Classifications
- CWE-89, CAPEC-66, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <24.11.18
- Affected versionversion=25.05.0 <25.05.13
- Affected versionversion=25.11.0 <25.11.07
- Affected versionversion=26.05.0 <26.05.02
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