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TI-2020-03525 Aliases CVE-2020-4035GHSA-38f9-m297-6q9g

DoS or local data modification via malicious record IDs in WatermelonDB

Priority LOW 28CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

In WatermelonDB (NPM package "@nozbe/watermelondb") before versions 0.15.1 and 0.16.2, a maliciously crafted record ID can exploit a SQL Injection vulnerability in iOS adapter implementation and cause the app to delete all or selected records from the database, generally causing the app to become unusable. This may happen in apps that don't validate IDs (valid IDs are `/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-.]+$/`) and use Watermelon Sync or low-level `database.adapter.destroyDeletedRecords` method. The integrity risk is low due to the fact that maliciously deleted records won't synchronize, so logout-login will restore all data, although some local changes may be lost if the malicious deletion causes the sync process to fail to proceed to push stage. No way to breach confidentiality with this vulnerability is known. Full exploitation of SQL Injection is mitigated, because it's not possible to nest an insert/update query inside a delete query in SQLite, and it's not possible to pass a semicolon-separated second query. There's also no known practicable way to breach confidentiality by selectively deleting records, because those records will not be synchronized. It's theoretically possible that selective record deletion could cause an app to behave insecurely if lack of a record is used to make security decisions by the app. This is patched in versions 0.15.1, 0.16.2, and 0.16.1-fix

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00763 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed WatermelonDB (Nozbe): 0.15.1, 0.16.2@nozbe/watermelondb (npm): 0.15.1, 0.16.2

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NozbeWatermelonDBbefore 0.15.1; 0.16.0 to before 0.16.20.15.1, 0.16.2Patch availableCNA
—@nozbe/watermelondb (npm)before 0.15.10.15.1Patch availableGHSA-38f9-m297-6q9g
—@nozbe/watermelondb (npm)0.16.0 to before 0.16.20.16.2Patch availableGHSA-38f9-m297-6q9g
  • WatermelonDB VendorNozbe Affected before 0.15.1; 0.16.0 to before 0.16.2 Fixed in 0.15.1, 0.16.2 Patch available CNA
  • @nozbe/watermelondb (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.15.1 Fixed in 0.15.1 Patch available GHSA-38f9-m297-6q9g
  • @nozbe/watermelondb (npm) Vendor— Affected 0.16.0 to before 0.16.2 Fixed in 0.16.2 Patch available GHSA-38f9-m297-6q9g

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nozbe:watermelondb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.15.1VulnerableNozbe
cpe:2.3:a:nozbe:watermelondb:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.16.0VulnerableNozbe
cpe:2.3:a:nozbe:watermelondb:0.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.16.1VulnerableNozbe
  • cpe:2.3:a:nozbe:watermelondb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.15.1 Vulnerable ·Nozbe
  • cpe:2.3:a:nozbe:watermelondb:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.16.0 Vulnerable ·Nozbe
  • cpe:2.3:a:nozbe:watermelondb:0.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.16.1 Vulnerable ·Nozbe

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA WatermelonDB (Nozbe) Fixed in 0.15.1, 0.16.2
  • Fix · GHSA-38f9-m297-6q9g @nozbe/watermelondb (npm) Fixed in 0.15.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-38f9-m297-6q9g @nozbe/watermelondb (npm) Fixed in 0.16.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-4035
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38f9-m297-6q9g

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