CVE-2026-44635CWE-1284CWE-22CWE-89CWE-915

Kysely: JSON-path traversal injection via unsanitized path-leg metacharacters in `JSONPathBuilder.key()` / `.at()`

High · published May 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Kysely is a type-safe TypeScript SQL query builder. From 0.26.0 to 0.28.16, DefaultQueryCompiler.visitJSONPathLeg does not escape JSON-path metacharacters (., [, ], *, **, ?). When attacker-controlled input flows into eb.ref(col, '->$').key(input) or .at(input) — including type-safe code where the JSON column is shaped like Record<string, T> so K extends string is the inferred type — every dot becomes a path-leg separator, letting an attacker traverse from the intended key into sibling and child fields the developer never meant to expose. The result is read access (and, in update statements, write access) to JSON sub-fields outside the intended scope across MySQL, PostgreSQL ->$/->>$, and SQLite. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.28.17.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00543 · 44.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-1284 · Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input; CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'); CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'); CWE-915 · Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
Published
2026-05-27T18:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAY 18:21Z
    Kysely: JSON-path traversal injection via unsanitized path-leg metacharacters in `JSONPathBuilder.key()` / `.at()`
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