Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-32950SQLBot: RCE via SQL Injection in Excel Upload Endpoint
High 8.6
In plain English
A high-severity SQL injection in SQLBot from dataease. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
SQLBot is an intelligent data query system based on a large language model and RAG. Versions prior to 1.7.0 contain a critical SQL Injection vulnerability in the /api/v1/datasource/uploadExcel endpoint that enables Remote Code Execution (RCE), allowing any authenticated user (even the lowest-privileged) to fully compromise the backend server. The root cause is twofold: Excel Sheet names are concatenated directly into PostgreSQL table names without sanitization (datasource.py#L351), and those table names are embedded into COPY SQL statements via f-strings instead of parameterized queries (datasource.py#L385-L388). An attacker can bypass the 31-character Sheet name limit using a two-stage technique—first uploading a normal file whose data rows contain shell commands, then uploading an XML-tampered file whose Sheet name injects a TO PROGRAM 'sh' clause into the SQL. Confirmed impacts include arbitrary command execution as the postgres user (uid=999), sensitive file exfiltration (e.g., /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow), and complete PostgreSQL database takeover. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.0.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-89, CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/dataease/SQLBot/security/advisories/GHSA-7hww-8rj5-7rmm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/dataease/SQLBot/commit/39f2203cec4bb4b0aa541710733fe7608e3d3c48 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/dataease/SQLBot/releases/tag/v1.7.0 x_refsource_MISC