CVE-2026-57821
Apache Fineract: Office list: SQL Injection via Subquery in orderBy
- Published
- Jul 15, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Evidence observed
- Aug 28, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 52.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
A SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Apache Fineract's Office Search API (GET /api/v1/offices) in versions up to and including 1.14.0. The orderBy request parameter is concatenated into a SQL query without sufficient validation, allowing an authenticated user with permission to view offices to inject arbitrary SQL via a crafted orderBy value. This is a bypass of the ColumnValidator fix introduced for CVE-2024-32838, which does not detect bare subqueries in the ORDER BY position. This can be leveraged to perform time-based blind SQL injection for data exfiltration. Because the injected query blocks the database connection for its full duration, concurrent exploitation can exhaust the application's database connection pool, resulting in denial of service for other users. Users are recommended to upgrade to a version containing the fix.
Sources
1- CVE-2026-57821-PoC-ExploitExploit
🔐 CVE-2026-57821 - Apache Fineract SQL Injection Toolkit 📚 Two Python scripts for authorized security testing: verifier.py (safe detection, no extraction) and exploit.py (deep analysis). Supports 11 DB types. Perfect for understanding SQL injection vulnerabilities. Only legal tests ⚠️ for educational & research purposes only.
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