9.9
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-40906
Electric: SQL Injection via ORDER BY Parameter in Shape API
Description

Electric is a Postgres sync engine. From 1.1.12 to before 1.5.0, the order_by parameter in the ElectricSQL /v1/shape API is vulnerable to error-based SQL injection, allowing any authenticated user to read, write, and destroy the full contents of the underlying PostgreSQL database through crafted ORDER BY expressions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0.

INFO

Published Date :

April 21, 2026, 9:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 21, 2026, 9:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Update Electric to version 1.5.0 or later to fix SQL injection in the shape API's order_by parameter.
  • Update Electric to version 1.5.0.
  • Apply security patches for older versions.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/pull/4081
https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/security/advisories/GHSA-h5rg-pxx7-r2hj
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Electric is a Postgres sync engine. From 1.1.12 to before 1.5.0, the order_by parameter in the ElectricSQL /v1/shape API is vulnerable to error-based SQL injection, allowing any authenticated user to read, write, and destroy the full contents of the underlying PostgreSQL database through crafted ORDER BY expressions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-89
    Added Reference https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/pull/4081
    Added Reference https://github.com/electric-sql/electric/security/advisories/GHSA-h5rg-pxx7-r2hj
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