CVE-2026-40906CWE-89

Electric: SQL Injection via ORDER BY Parameter in Shape API

Critical · published April 21, 2026

CVSS v3.1
10.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Electric is a Postgres sync engine. From 1.1.12 to before 1.5.0, the order_by parameter in the ElectricSQL /v1/shape API is vulnerable to error-based SQL injection, allowing any authenticated user to read, write, and destroy the full contents of the underlying PostgreSQL database through crafted ORDER BY expressions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
10.0 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00531 · 44.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Published
2026-04-21T20:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 APR 20:05Z
    Electric: SQL Injection via ORDER BY Parameter in Shape API
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