TI-2016-09196 Aliases CVE-2016-20018 GHSA-4jv9-3563-23j3

Knex Knex.js through 2.3.0 has a limited SQL injection vulnerability that can be…

LOW 35CWE-89Published 2022-12-19 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

Knex Knex.js through 2.3.0 has a limited SQL injection vulnerability that can be exploited to ignore the WHERE clause of a SQL query.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01117 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed knex (npm): 2.4.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	knex (npm)	before 2.4.0	2.4.0	Patch available	GHSA-4jv9-3563-23j3

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
knex (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.4.0 Fixed in 2.4.0 Patch available GHSA-4jv9-3563-23j3

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:knexjs:knex::::::node.js::*	up to 2.3.0	Vulnerable	Knexjs

cpe:2.3:a:knexjs:knex:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions up to 2.3.0 Vulnerable ·Knexjs

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-4jv9-3563-23j3 knex (npm) Fixed in 2.4.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-20018
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4jv9-3563-23j3

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20018

Other 5

TI-2019-08022 SQL injection in knex.js CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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