CVE-2026-119586 SQLite CLI through 3.54.1 Command Injection via .recover Output

What is CVE-2026-119586?

CVE-2026-119586 is a high-severity vulnerability in SQLite, published on 30 Oct 2026.

Official description

SQLite command-line shell through 3.54.1 contains a command injection vulnerability in the .recover command that emits attacker-planted dot-commands stored in sqlite_schema.sql values verbatim. Attackers can craft a database whose schema holds a valid CREATE statement followed by a .shell or .system line, executing OS commands when victims pipe .recover output into sqlite3.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-119586?

It affects 1 product.

Products include SQLite.

How do I fix CVE-2026-119586?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-119586 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-119586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in SQLite

• CVE-2015-5895 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in SQLite before 3.8.10.2, as used in Apple iOS before 9, have unknown impact and attack vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-35527 In SQLite 3.31.1, there is an out of bounds access problem through ALTER TABLE for views that have a nested FROM clause. Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-8457 SQLite3 from 3.6.0 to and including 3.27.2 is vulnerable to heap out-of-bound read in the rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree tables. Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-10989 The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blob Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-119373 SQLite before 3.54.0 FTS5 Heap Buffer Overflow via fts5MergeRowidLists() High 8.5

All SQLite vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-111790, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119586, ECHO-c57f-a4cc-6e45, GHSA-2h5x-4qp8-353h, ROOT-OS-ALPINE-320-CVE-2026-119586, ROOT-OS-ALPINE-321-CVE-2026-119586 and 4 more.