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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-66838 EEF-CVE-2026-66838EUVD-2026-54476GHSA-3gww-3f36-2388

SQL injection via the :comment option in Postgrex.stream/4

Published Aug 7, 2026 · Updated Aug 7, 2026 · Assigned by EEF

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in elixir-ecto postgrex allows SQL Injection via the :comment option of Postgrex.stream/4. An attacker who can influence that value can close the comment delimiter with */ and extend the streamed statement with their own clauses, which execute under the connection's role. Ecto exposes the same option through Ecto.Repo.stream/2.

Postgrex appends the comment by concatenating it into the statement text sent in the Parse message, without escaping or rejecting */. The option is validated by comment_not_present!/1 at every other execution point; stream/4 never calls it. Because Parse accepts a single command, the injection is confined to the streamed statement and further statements cannot be chained.

This issue affects postgrex: from 0.19.3 before 0.22.4.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
elixir-ecto postgrex 0.19.3 – < 0.22.4 0.22.4

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Hex postgrex >= 0.19.3, < 0.22.4 0.22.4 EEF-CVE-2026-66838

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