CVE-2026-72558 CiviCRM CiviCRM - SQL Injection
Authenticated staff can exfiltrate the entire database via SQL injection in the contact search RLIKE clause.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-72558?
CVE-2026-72558 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in CiviCRM, published on 11 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An SQL injection vulnerability in CiviCRM through 6.18.alpha1 allows authenticated staff to read the entire database via the contact search RLIKE clause. The clause concatenates a user-supplied value into the SQL query without sanitization. An attacker with staff-level access can exfiltrate all database contents including donor and member records.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72558?
How do I fix CVE-2026-72558?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-72558 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2026-72558 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72558 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72558, GHSA-h3jq-rqqh-3gvh, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72558.