CVE-2026-119375
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-908
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
SQLite before 3.54.0 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows attackers to read uninitialized page-cache memory by supplying a WAL file with an undersized page size. Attackers can craft a database and WAL file whose oversized record payload makes queries like substr() return stale bytes, disclosing other table rows and internal pointers.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.53.4/src/wal.c#L3672 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.53.4/src/wal.c#L3672Patch
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/e5bf119821f25be1d7f10ef0a2edbe175289166ePatch
- https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-08-17T15:54:41ZPatch
- https://sqlite.org/src/info/f9b4ee369557c36cPatch
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite
- https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_54_0.html
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-before-3.54.0-information-disclosure-via-wal-page-size-mismatchAdvisory
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-wal-pagesizeAdvisory