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CVE-2026-119586

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Description

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.5 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-30 12:16:44.730000
Last modified
2026-10-30 12:16:44.730000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-119586",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-30T12:16:44.730",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T12:16:44.730",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
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          "product": "SQLite",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://sqlite.org/",
          "repo": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite",
          "packageURL": "pkg:github/sqlite/sqlite",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "3.54.1",
              "versionType": "custom",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
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    }
  ],
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          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
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      "source": "[email protected]",
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    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-cli-recover",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.54.1/ext/recover/sqlite3recover.c#L1221-L1223",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.54.1/src/shell.c.in#L7877-L7891",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-cli-through-3.54.1-command-injection-via-recover-output",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}