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.
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Solution
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Workaround
Reject any :comment value containing */ or a null byte before passing it to Postgrex.stream/4 or Ecto.Repo.stream/2. Alternatively, build comments only from trusted values.
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| 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. | |
| Title | SQL injection via the :comment option in Postgrex.stream/4 | |
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Elixir-ecto
Elixir-ecto postgrex |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-89 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:elixir-ecto:postgrex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Elixir-ecto
Elixir-ecto postgrex |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-07T15:12:12.308Z
Reserved: 2026-08-06T14:00:01.865Z
Link: CVE-2026-66838
Updated: 2026-08-07T15:12:07.776Z
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Updated: 2026-08-07T16:00:04Z