CVE-2026-40906

Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-15 | Published 2026-04-21 | Updated 2026-04-22 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

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

Product status

References

github.com/...ectric/security/advisories/GHSA-h5rg-pxx7-r2hj exploit

github.com/...ectric/security/advisories/GHSA-h5rg-pxx7-r2hj

github.com/electric-sql/electric/pull/4081

cve.org (CVE-2026-40906)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40906)

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