# CVE-2026-72558: CiviCRM CiviCRM - SQL Injection

> Authenticated staff can exfiltrate the entire database via SQL injection in the contact search RLIKE clause.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72558, GHSA-h3jq-rqqh-3gvh, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72558

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2026-72558 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72558 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72558 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72558 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CiviCRM. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72558/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72558/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72558
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72558
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72558

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72558/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.