CVE-2026-32687CWE-89

SQL injection via channel name in Postgrex.Notifications.listen/3 and unlisten/3

High · published May 12, 2026

CVSS v4.0
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in elixir-ecto postgrex ('Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications' module) allows SQL Injection.

The channel argument passed to 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':listen/3 and 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':unlisten/3 is interpolated directly into LISTEN "..." / UNLISTEN "..." SQL statements without escaping the " character. An attacker who can influence the channel name can inject a " to break out of the quoted identifier and append arbitrary SQL. Because the notifications connection uses the PostgreSQL simple query protocol, multi-statement payloads are accepted, allowing DDL and DML commands to be chained (e.g. ; DROP TABLE ...; --). The same unsanitized interpolation also occurs in handle_connect/1 when replaying LISTEN commands after a reconnect.

This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/postgrex/notifications.ex and program routines 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':listen/3, 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':unlisten/3, 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':handle_connect/1.

This issue affects postgrex: from 0.16.0 before 0.22.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00222 · 12.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Published
2026-05-12T14:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 MAY 14:18Z
    SQL injection via channel name in Postgrex.Notifications.listen/3 and unlisten/3
    cvelistv5