# CVE-2026-82538: ILIAS Arbitrary SQL Injection via Repository Trash Table Sort Parameter

> Authenticated users can inject SQL via the repository trash sort parameter to read/write data and take over admin accounts.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** 4 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p46r-q73m-mm69

## What is CVE-2026-82538?

CVE-2026-82538 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in ILIAS-eLearning e.V. ILIAS, published on 4 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ILIAS before versions 9.22, 10.10, and 11.3 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the repository trash table where the table navigation sort field from HTTP requests is passed directly into the ORDER BY clause of a SQL query without validation against declared sortable columns. Authenticated users with write permission on any container can inject arbitrary SQL through the sort parameter, and because multi-statement execution is enabled in the database layer, stacked queries enable full database read and write access as well as administrator account takeover.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-82538?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-82538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-82538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-82538 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-82538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-82538 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-82538 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in ILIAS-eLearning e.V. ILIAS, published on 4 Sep 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-2026-82538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ILIAS-eLearning e.V. ILIAS. 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-2026-82538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-82538/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82538
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82538
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-82538

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-82538/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.