Koha Community Koha - Stored SQL Injection via Patron lang Field in Issue Slip Generation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
A stored SQL injection vulnerability in Koha through 24.11.17, 25.05.12, 25.11.06, and 26.05.01 allows authenticated staff with the borrowers => edit_borrowers permission to cause a time-based denial of service by storing a SQL payload in a patron lang field. The value is concatenated raw into a subquery in Koha::AdditionalContents->search_for_display when an issue slip is printed for the affected patron. The 25-character column length limits exploitation to timing attacks; data extraction is not practical. The stored payload executes on each subsequent issue-slip print, scaling linearly with the SLEEP value and the number of slip-news rows.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koha Community | Koha | before 24.11.18; 25.05.0 to before 25.05.13; 25.11.0 to before 25.11.07; 26.05.0 to before 26.05.02 | 24.11.18, 25.05.13, 25.11.07, 26.05.02 | Patch available | CNA |
- Koha VendorKoha Community Affected before 24.11.18; 25.05.0 to before 25.05.13; 25.11.0 to before 25.11.07; 26.05.0 to before 26.05.02 Fixed in 24.11.18, 25.05.13, 25.11.07, 26.05.02 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Koha (Koha Community) Fixed in 24.11.18, 25.05.13, 25.11.07, 26.05.02
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Koha 24.11.18, 25.05.13 and 2 more versions
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-50864 Koha Community Koha - Stored SQL Injection via agefield in Automatic Item Modifications by AgePriority LOW 32
- TI-2026-50866 Koha Community Koha - SQL Injection via ORDER BY Direction in acqui/parcels.plPriority LOW 31
- TI-2026-50865 Koha Community Koha - Stored SQL Injection via Patron Card Layout image_namePriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72610
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jjgf-vgv7-fgjv
References
Other 2
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72610 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72610 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jjgf-vgv7-fgjv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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