CVE-2026-119586
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Command injection
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
SQLite command-line shell through 3.54.1 contains a command injection vulnerability in the .recover command that emits attacker-planted dot-commands stored in sqlite_schema.sql values verbatim. Attackers can craft a database whose schema holds a valid CREATE statement followed by a .shell or .system line, executing OS commands when victims pipe .recover output into sqlite3.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.54.1/ext/recover/sqlite3recover.c#L1221-L1223
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.54.1/src/shell.c.in#L7877-L7891
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-cli-through-3.54.1-command-injection-via-recover-outputAdvisory
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-cli-recoverAdvisory