CVE•Published 2026-07-20•Modified 2026-07-23•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-39879
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS percentile
6
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 94% of all CVEs
Description
Due to a missing sanitization call in [`afsql_dd_run_query`](https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/blob/649e6e18e3459fb4467000a88dfb12fa97f9719c/modules/afsql/afsql.c#L219), syslog-ng before 4.12 are vulnerable to SQL injection from an untrusted source. This is not part of the default configuration, the SQL driver has to be manually configured. Fixes are in syslog-ng 4.12, syslog-ng Premium Edition 8.2 and syslog-ng Store Box 7.8
Timeline
Published 2026-07-20
Modified 2026-07-23
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