CVE-2026-119371 (GCVE-0-2026-119371)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-30 11:30 – Updated: 2026-10-30 15:51
VLAI
Title
SQLite before 3.54.0 Stack Exhaustion via CTE Chain in selectExpander()
Summary
SQLite before 3.54.0 contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the SQLITE_LIMIT_EXPR_DEPTH nesting limit because common table expressions are not counted against it. Attackers can supply a WITH clause chaining tens of thousands of CTEs, via plain SQL or a view in an untrusted database file, causing unbounded selectExpander() recursion that crashes the process.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-30 15:50 UTC
CWE
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 7155 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SQLite SQLite Affected: 0 , < 3.54.0 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-10-04 00:00
Credits
Ke Han Abraxas Labs D. Richard Hipp
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