DataEase is Vulnerable to H2 JDBC RCE Bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
DataEase is an open source data visualization analysis tool. Versions 2.10.19 and below have inconsistent Locale handling between the JDBC URL validation logic and the H2 JDBC engine's internal parsing. DataEase uses String.toUpperCase() without specifying an explicit Locale, causing its security checks to rely on the JVM's default runtime locale, while H2 JDBC always normalizes URLs using Locale.ENGLISH. In Turkish locale environments (tr_TR), Java converts the lowercase letter i to İ (dotted capital I) instead of the standard I, so a malicious parameter like iNIT becomes İNIT in DataEase's filter (bypassing its blacklist) while H2 still correctly interprets it as INIT. This discrepancy allows attackers to smuggle dangerous JDBC parameters past DataEase's security validation, and the issue has been confirmed as exploitable in real DataEase deployment scenarios running under affected regional settings. The issue has been fixed in version 2.10.20.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA dataease (dataease) Fixed in 2.10.20
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-32939
- 2026-10-18 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
More Dataease vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-38037 An issue in DataEase v1 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the user account and password components. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-12981 SQL injection vulnerability due to the keyword blacklist for defending against SQL injection will be bypassed CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-18688 Dataease Mysql Data Source JDBC Connection Parameters Not Verified Leads to Deserialization Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-24677 Dataease: Redshift JDBC RCE Bypass CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-24674 DataEase SQL Injection Vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2024-37398 DataEase has an unauthorized vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
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